Agricultural ecosystem management in dry areas: Challenges and solutions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Turner, Neil C ^a   Li, Feng Min ^b   Xiong, You Cai ^b   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 80052379320     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0949-x     Document Type: Editorial

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