Crop strength through diversity

Martin S. Wolfe ()
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Nature, 2000, vol. 406, issue 6797, 681-682

Abstract: In conventional farming, single varieties of crop plants are grown alone. But mixing varieties may be a better option: several rice strains, planted together on a large scale, are more resistant to a major fungal disease.

Date: 2000
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