The value of skill in seasonal climate forecasting to wheat crop management in a region with high climatic variability

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 717-737

  Hammer, G L ^a   Holzworth, D P ^a   Stone, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

El ni o; Frost; Maturity; Modelling; Nitrogen; Risk; Simulation; SOI; Southern oscillation

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0001173861     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR9960717     Document Type: Article

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