Increased yield stability of field-grown winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varietal mixtures through ecological processes

Crop Protection

Volumn 85, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Creissen, Henry E ^a,b,d   Jorgensen, Tove H ^b,c   Brown, James K M ^a  

^a NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Barley; Compensation; Crop disease; Facilitation; Puccinia hordei; Variety mixture

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; COMPENSATION; CROP PEST; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; MONOCULTURE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; PUCCINIA HORDEI;

EID: 84961780801     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2016.03.001     Document Type: Article

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