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SUBMITTER: Fausti S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6264870 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fausti Scott S Kolady Deepthi E DE Van der Sluis Evert E Lundgren Jonathan J Qasmi Bashir A BA
PloS one 20181129 11
Driven by factors such as an increased reliance on genetically modified crops, government policies, and market forces, the crop mix in South Dakota and elsewhere in the United States has become less diverse and moved toward the production of corn and soybeans as the most predominant cash crops over the past two decades. Coinciding with a reduced complexity of crop rotation practices, the prevalence of mono-cropping has increased and crop chemical usage has changed as well. Overall, the reduced r ...[more]