Yield response to different planting geometries in maize-soybean relay strip intercropping systems

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 296-304

  Yang, Feng ^a   Wang, Xiaochun ^a   Liao, Dunping ^a   Lu, Fengzhi ^a   Gao, Rencai ^a   Liu, Weiguo ^a   Yong, Taiwen ^a   Wu, Xiaoling ^a   Du, Junbo ^a   Liu, Jiang ^a   Yang, Wenyu ^b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

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GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84921454671     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj14.0263     Document Type: Article

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