Weed diversity affects soybean and maize yield in a long term experiment in Michigan, USA

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Ferrero, Rosana ^a,b   Lima, Mauricio ^b,c   Davis, Adam S ^d   Gonzalez Andujar, Jose L ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b Avenida Vicuña Mackenna   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Crop management; Long term experiment; Maize; Nonlinearity; Soybean; Weed diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014810646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00236     Document Type: Article

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