Feeding nine billion: The challenge to sustainable crop production

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5233-5239

  Gregory, Peter J ^a,b,c   George, Timothy S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crop yield; food production; P use efficiency; yield gaps

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FOOD SUPPLY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 82255186226     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err232     Document Type: Article

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