Lentil enhances agroecosystem productivity with increased residual soil water and nitrogen

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 319-330

  Gan, Yantai ^a   Hamel, Chantal ^b   Randy Kutcher, H ^c   Poppy, Lee ^a  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b QUEBEC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

crop diversification; N2 fixation; renewable N; rotational effect; symbiosis; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; SOIL WATER; SYMBIOSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

HORDEUM; LENS CULINARIS; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84984684874     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170516000223     Document Type: Article

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