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The hidden land use cost of upscaling cover crops

Cover cropping is considered a cornerstone practice in sustainable agriculture; however, little attention has been paid to the cover crop production supply chain. In this Perspective, we estimate land use requirements to supply the United States maize production area with cover crop seed, finding th...

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Autores principales: Runck, Bryan C., Khoury, Colin K., Ewing, Patrick M., Kantar, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7289881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32528188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-1022-1