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Drivers of trends in Australian canola productivity and future prospects

John A. Kirkegaard A , Julianne M. Lilley A and Malcolm J. Morrison B
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A CSIRO Agriculture, GPO Box 1600, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Email: john.kirkegaard@csiro.au

B Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Central Experimental Farm, 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON., K1A 0C6, Canada.

Crop and Pasture Science 67(4) i-ix https://doi.org/10.1071/CPv67n4_FO
Published: 6 May 2016


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