Intensive cotton farming technologies in China: Achievements, challenges and countermeasures

Field Crops Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-110

  Dai, Jianlong ^a   Dong, Hezhong ^a  

^a SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Challenges and countermeasures; Cotton; Intensive farming technology; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ARABLE LAND; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DOUBLE CROPPING; FERTILIZER; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MULCHING; PESTICIDE; PLASTIC; SEEDLING; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHINA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84888204460     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.017     Document Type: Review

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