Agronomic benefit and economic potential of introducing fall-seeded pea and lentil into conventional wheat-based crop rotations

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-224

  Chen, Chengci ^a   Neill, Karnes ^a   Burgess, Macdonald ^a   Bekkerman, Anton ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84863292322     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2011.0126     Document Type: Article

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