Crop physiological response across the Chicago metropolitan region: Developing recommendations for urban and peri-urban farmers in the North Central US

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 8-14

  Wagstaff, Ross K ^a   Wortman, Sam E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

plant ecophysiology; urban agriculture; urban gardening; vegetable crops

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922017022     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S174217051300046X     Document Type: Article

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