Pulse Crops Improve Energy Intensity and Productivity of Cereal Production in Montana, USA

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 699-718

  Burgess, Macdonald H ^a   Miller, Perry R ^a   Jones, Clain A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy intensity; lentil; pea; semiarid Montana; wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863837264     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2012.672380     Document Type: Article

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