Eco-efficient agriculture: Concepts, Challenges, And opportunities

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue , 2010, Pages S-109-S-119

  Keating, Brian A ^a   Carberry, Peter S ^a   Bindraban, Prem S ^b   Asseng, Senthold ^a   Meinke, Holger ^b   Dixon, John ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

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EID: 78149375557     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.10.0594     Document Type: Article

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