Maize-soybean intensification alternatives for the Pampas

Field Crops Research

Volumn 162, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-59

  Monzon, J P ^a   Mercau, J L ^b,c   Andrade, J F ^d   Caviglia, O P ^e   Cerrudo, A G ^a   Cirilo, A G ^f   Vega, C R C ^g   Andrade, F H ^a   Calvino P A ^c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c CREA (Regional Agricultural Experimentation Consortia)   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ENTRE RÍOS   (Argentina)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Double crop; Intercrop; Land equivalent ratio (LER); Maize; Relay crop; Soybean

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GROWING SEASON; HYBRID; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; MONOCULTURE; PRICE DYNAMICS; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOWING; SOYBEAN; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS;

EID: 84898684569     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.03.012     Document Type: Article

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