The benefits of legume crops on corn and wheat yield, nitrogen nutrition, and soil properties improvement

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1653-1665

  N’Dayegamiye, Adrien ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^b   Tremblay, Gilles ^c   Nyiraneza, Judith ^d   Grenier, Michèle ^a   Drapeau, Anne ^a   Bipfubusa, Marie ^a  

^a Research and Development Institute for Agri Environment (IRDA)   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre de recherche sur les grains (CEROM)   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRIFOLIUM INCARNATUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA VILLOSA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84938613677     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj14.0416     Document Type: Article

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