Plant communities produce greater yield than monocultures

Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 12:01 in Biology & Nature

Diverse plant communities are more successful and enable higher crop yields than pure monocultures, a research team has discovered. The scientists are convinced that the cultivation of crop mixtures in agriculture and forestry will play a key role in food safety in the future.

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