Field-scale experiments reveal persistent yield gaps in low-input and organic cropping systems

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2017-01-17

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1612311114PMID 28096409PMCID PMC5293036
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