Intercropping wheat and beans: Effects on agronomic performance and land productivity

Crop Science

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2285-2293

  Chapagain, Tejendra ^a   Riseman, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84906501891     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.12.0834     Document Type: Article

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