Plant Production Systems Group
The vision of Plant Production Systems is to integrate biological knowledge to analyse and design sustainable production systems for crops (including integration with livestock), focused on resource use efficiency and equitable management of natural resources.
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Publication of the Month: Yield gap analysis—Rationale, methods and applications—Introduction to the Special Issue.
Yield gap analysis is an increasingly popular concept. It is a powerful method to reveal and understand
the biophysical opportunities to meet the projected increase in demand for agricultural products towards
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Managing Tephrosia mulch and fertilizer to enhance coffee productivity on smallholder farms in the Eastern African Highlands
European Journal of Agronomy 48 (2013). - ISSN 1161-0301 - p. 19 - 29.
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Climate Change and Potato Production in Contrasting South African Agro-ecosystems 1. Effects on Land and Water Use Efficiencies
Potato Research 56 (2013)1. - ISSN 0014-3065 - p. 31 - 50.
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Yield Gap analysis - Rationale, methods and applications - Introduction to the Special Issue
Field Crops Research 143 (2013). - ISSN 0378-4290 - p. 1 - 3.