Innovations in agronomy for food legumes. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-64

  Siddique, Kadambot H M ^a,f   Johansen, Chris ^a   Turner, Neil C ^a   Jeuffroy, Marie Hélène ^b   Hashem, Abul ^c   Sakar, Dogan ^d   Gan, Yantai ^e   Alghamdi, Salem S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c Department of Agriculture and Food WA ^*  (Australia)

^d DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation agriculture; Integrated crop management; Integrated disease management; Legume area trends; Nutrient use efficiency; Smallholder farming; Water use efficiency; Weeds

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CEREAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; INNOVATION; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; LEGUME; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL COVER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; CAJANUS CAJAN; CICER ARIETINUM; HEXAPODA; LENS CULINARIS; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; VICIA FABA; VIGNA MUNGO; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 84857861885     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-011-0021-5     Document Type: Review

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