Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  New Phytologist

• Publication date

  2015-04-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/NPH.13132PMID 25866856
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