Multi-country evidence that crop diversification promotes ecological intensification of agriculture

Nature Plants

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Gurr, Geoff M ^a,b   Lu, Zhongxian ^c   Zheng, Xusong ^c   Xu, Hongxing ^c   Zhu, Pingyang ^d   Chen, Guihua ^d   Yao, Xiaoming ^d   Cheng, Jiaan ^e   Zhu, Zengrong ^e   Catindig, Josie Lynn ^f   Villareal, Sylvia ^f   Van Chien, Ho ^g   Cuong, Le Quoc ^g   Channoo, Chairat ^h   Chengwattana, Nalinee ^h   Lan, La Pham ⁱ   Hai, Le Huu ^j   Chaiwong, Jintana ^k   Nicol, Helen I ^b   Perovic, David J ^a   Wratten, Steve D ^l   Heong, Kong Luen ^f,m   more..

^a University of Fuzhou   (China)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d Jinhua Plant Protection Station   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^g Southern Regional Plant Protection Center   (Viet Nam)

^h Chai Nat Field Crops Research Center   (Thailand)

ⁱ Institute of Agriculture Sciences for Southern Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^j Tiengiang University   (Viet Nam)

^k Bureau of Rice Research and Development   (Thailand)

^l LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^m UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CROP; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORYZA; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; INSECTICIDES; ORYZA; PARASITES; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84979258336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20550278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NPLANTS.2016.14     Document Type: Article

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