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Diversity increases yield but reduces harvest index in crop mixtures

Resource allocation to reproduction is a critical trait for plant fitness(1,2). This trait, called harvest index in the agricultural context(3–5), determines how plant biomass is converted to seed yield and consequently financial revenue of numerous major staple crops. While plant diversity has been...

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Autores principales: Chen, Jianguo, Engbersen, Nadine, Stefan, Laura, Schmid, Bernhard, Sun, Hang, Schöb, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7611346/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34168319
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-00948-4