Increasing Cropping System Diversity Balances Productivity, Profitability and Environmental Health

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Davis, Adam S ^a   Hill, Jason D ^b   Chase, Craig A ^c   Johanns, Ann M ^c   Liebman, Matt ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING SYSTEM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GRAIN YIELD; MAIZE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; RED CLOVER; SOYBEAN; WEED;

AGRICULTURE; CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FERTILIZERS; FRESH WATER; HERBICIDES; IOWA; MANURE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PESTICIDES; SOYBEANS; WEED CONTROL; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867346140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047149     Document Type: Article

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