"Productivity, quality and sustainability of winter wheat under long-term conventional and organic management in Switzerland"

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-39

  Mayer, Jochen ^a   Gunst, Lucie ^a   Mäder, Paul ^b   Samson, Marie Françoise ^c   Carcea, Marina ^d   Narducci, Valentina ^d   Thomsen, Ingrid K ^e   Dubois, David ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE FIBL   (Switzerland)

^c UMR IATE   (France)

^d CRA NUT   (Italy)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Baking quality; Long term sustainability; Nitrogen use efficiency; Wheat; Yield components

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ORGANIC FARMING; PRODUCTIVITY; SILAGE; SUSTAINABILITY; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

SWITZERLAND;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84921966914     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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