Potential legume alternatives to fallow and wheat monoculture for Mediterranean environments

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 113-121

  Christiansen, Scott ^a   Ryan, John ^a   Singh, Murari ^a   Ates, Serkan ^a   Bahhady, Faik ^a   Mohamed, Khalil ^b   Youssef, Omran ^b   Loss, Stephen ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b General Commission for Scientific Agricultural Research GCSAR   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

fertilisation; forage legumes; Mediterranean production systems; nitrogen; rainfed cereal cropping; sustainable land use

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FALLOW; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWING SEASON; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; WHEAT;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

LENS CULINARIS; MEDICAGO; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 84924523435     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP14063     Document Type: Article

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