Diversifying crop rotations with pulses enhances system productivity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gan, Yantai ^a   Hamel, Chantal ^a   O'Donovan, John T ^b   Cutforth, Herb ^a   Zentner, Robert P ^a   Campbell, Con A ^c   Niu, Yining ^a,d   Poppy, Lee ^a  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b LACOMBE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84942905884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14625     Document Type: Article

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