Maize-soybean intercropping interactions above and below ground

Crop Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 914-922

  Lv, Yue ^a   Francis, Charles ^d,e   Wu, Pute ^a,b,c   Chen, Xiaoli ^a,b,c   Zhao, Xining ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Engineering Research Center for Water Saving Irrigation at Yangling   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

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EID: 84898470145     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.06.0403     Document Type: Article

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