Crop breeding for conservation agriculture

Conservation Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 159-179

  Mahmood, Tariq ^a   Trethowan, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Conservation agriculture; Crop residue; Crop rotation; G T interaction; Genetic improvement; Seedling vigour; Zero till

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944237558     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11620-4_7     Document Type: Chapter

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