Crop Diversity for Yield Increase

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Li, Chengyun ^a   He, Xiahong ^a   Zhu, Shusheng ^a   Zhou, Huiping ^a   Wang, Yunyue ^a   Li, Yan ^a   Yang, Jing ^a   Fan, Jinxiang ^b   Yang, Jincheng ^c   Wang, Guibin ^d   Long, Yunfu ^e   Xu, Jiayou ^f   Tang, Yongsheng ^g   Zhao, Gaohui ^h   Yang, Jianrong ⁱ   Liu, Lin ^a   Sun, Yan ^a   Xie, Yong ^a   Wang, Haining ^a   Zhu, Youyong ^a  

^a YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Plant Protection Station of Honghe Prefecture   (China)

^c Agroscience Research Institute of Yuxi City   (China)

^d Plant Protection Station of Chuxiong Prefecture   (China)

^e Plant Protection Station of Shiping County   (China)

^f Agroscience Research Station of Hongxi Town   (China)

^g Agricultural Technology Extension Centre of Qujing City   (China)

^h Agricultural Technology Extension Centre of Zhaotong City   (China)

ⁱ Agricultural Technology Extension Centre of Lincang City   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CROP; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECOSYSTEM; LEGUME; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; POTATO; SEASON; SUGARCANE; TOBACCO; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CHINA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECOSYSTEM; FABACEAE; PLANT DISEASES; SACCHARUM; SEASONS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TOBACCO; TRITICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951209837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008049     Document Type: Article

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