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Productivity of Agricultural Systems

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Physiological Plant Ecology IV

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology ((920,volume 12 / D))

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Agriculture, one of the most ancient and diverse pursuits of man, currently touches about 30% of the ice-free land area of our globe: 1.4 × 109 ha of arable land is given to cultivated crops, while another 3.0 × 109 ha is exposed to grazing by domestic animals. Our focus here will be on the arable lands and their crops and forages, beginning with an overview of agricultural systems.

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Botanik II der Universität Würzburg, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, 8700, Würzburg, Germany

    O. L. Lange

  2. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, 90024, USA

    P. S. Nobel

  3. Department of Environmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, Box 475, Canberra City, 2601, Australia

    C. B. Osmond

  4. Institut für Botanik und Mikrobiologie der Technischen Universität München, Arcisstraße 21, 8000, München 2, Germany

    H. Ziegler

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Loomis, R.S. (1983). Productivity of Agricultural Systems. In: Lange, O.L., Nobel, P.S., Osmond, C.B., Ziegler, H. (eds) Physiological Plant Ecology IV. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 12 / D. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68156-1_6

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