Root foraging elicits niche complementarity-dependent yield advantage in the ancient 'three sisters' (maize/bean/squash) polyculture.

Zhang C, Postma JA, York LM, Lynch JP. Root foraging elicits niche complementarity-dependent yield advantage in the ancient 'three sisters' (maize/bean/squash) polyculture. Ann Bot. 2014 Dec; 114(8):1719-33.

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subject areas

Agriculture
Biomass
Crops, Agricultural
Cucurbita
Ecosystem
Fabaceae
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Plant Roots
Plant Shoots
Quantitative Trait, Heritable
Zea mays

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Jon Lynch

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