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Canopy development, leaf demography and growth dynamics of wheat and three weed species growing in pure and mixed stands.

Published online: 01 Apr 1987

Authors: Maillette, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Wheat cv. Concorde, Chenopodium album, Agropyron repens [Elymus repens] and Spergula arvensis were grown in pure stands and in mixtures of weeds with ...

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Influence of grain characteristics on optimal diet of field-feeding mallards Anas platyrhynchos.

Published online: 21 Aug 1987

Authors: Clark, R. G. & Greenwood, H. & Sugden, L. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relationship between cereal preference and rate of energy intake was studied for the mallard and 4 types of cereal grain. In a field experiment at...

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Response of wild wheat populations to grazing in Mediterranean grasslands: the relative influence of defoliation, competition, mulch and genotype.

Published online: 12 Aug 2002

Authors: Noy-Meir, I. & Briske, D. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Grassland management must be based on an understanding of key species' responses to various grazing regimes to achieve both production and conservatio...

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Productivity and plasticity of wheat and Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. in pure and mixed stands.

Published online: 11 Jan 1971

Authors: Ramakrishnan, P. S. & Kumar, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Both species responded to increasing density by extreme plasticity and there was no density-induced mortality even at 3200 plants/m2. In wheat the pla...

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Above- and below-ground competition between intercropped winter wheat Triticum aestivum and white clover Trifolium repens.

Published online: 17 May 2006

Authors: Thorsted, M. D. & Weiner, J. & Olesen, J. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Intercropping of white clover and cereals has recently been promoted for low-input farming systems because it offers several benefits for sustainabili...

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Damage by badgers Meles meles to wheat Triticum vulgare and barley Hordeum sativum crops.

Published online: 14 Mar 1996

Authors: Roper, T. J. & Findlay, S. R. & Lüps, P. & Shepherdson, D. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

During 1986 and 1987, 15 wheat and 15 barley fields were surveyed for damage caused by badgers, in an area in the south of England where badger densit...

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Slug preferences for winter wheat cultivars and common agricultural weeds.

Published online: 13 Nov 1996

Authors: Cook, R. T. & Bailey, S. E. R. & McCrohan, C. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Slugs are a serious pest of many crops, including winter wheat, but current methods of control are unreliable. As part of a research study into the po...

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Nitrogen mineralization, microbial biomass and crop yield as affected by wheat residue placement and fertilizer in a semi-arid tropical soil with minimum tillage.

Published online: 22 Sep 1995

Authors: Hema Singh

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effects of wheat residue placement and chemical fertilizer on microbial biomass, N-mineralization and crop yield were examined in a fallow-rice cv...

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A model simulating grasshopper damage to wheat planted in infested stubble.

Published online: 04 Jun 1986

Authors: Hardman, J. M. & Charnetski, W. A. & Mukerji, M. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The authors present a model simulating the effects of the acridid Melanoplus sanguinipes on the yield of spring wheat planted in infested stubble. The...

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Temporal dynamics of plant competition in genetically diverse wheat populations in the presence and absence of stripe rust.

Published online: 19 Feb 1997

Authors: Finckh, M. R. & Mundt, C. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Effects of disease and environment on competitive interactions among wheat genotypes were investigated. Wheat genotypes (5) were grown in up to 6 diff...

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