| suppression of the invasive plant mile-a-minute (mikania micrantha) by local crop sweet potato (ipomoea batatas) by means of higher growth rate and competition for soil nutrients. | there are a variety of ways of increasing crop diversity to increase agricultural sustainability and in turn having a positive influence on nearby natural ecosystems. competitive crops may provide potent management tools against invasive plants. to elucidate the competitive mechanisms between a sweet potato crop (ipomoea batatas) and an invasive plant, mile-a-minute (mikania micrantha), field experiments were carried out in longchuan county of yunnan province, southwest china, utilizing a de wit ... | 2015 | 25626963 |