Plant breeding for harmony between agriculture and the environment

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 561-568

  Charles Brummer, E ^a   Barber, Wesley T ^b   Collier, Sarah M ^c   Cox, Thomas S ^d   Johnson, Randy ^e   Murray, Seth C ^f   Olsen, Richard T ^g   Pratt, Richard C ^h   Thro, Ann Marie ⁱ  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d THE LAND INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^h NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRONOMY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PARADIGM SHIFT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PESTICIDE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOIL WATER; TOLERANCE;

EID: 82955245662     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/100225     Document Type: Review

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