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China’s intercropping leads to higher grain yield gains

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The author thanks Prof. Fusuo Zhang from National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, China Agricultural University, and Dr. Wopke van der Werf and Dr. Chunjie Li from Centre of Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, for the critical comments.

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  1. College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, National Academy of Agriculture Green Development, Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China

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Cong, WF. China’s intercropping leads to higher grain yield gains. Sci. China Life Sci. 63, 1612–1614 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-020-1776-y

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