Testing the performance of two maize simulation models with a range of cultivars of maize (Zea mays) in diverse environments

Environmental Software

Volumn 11, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 91-98

  Birch, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

AUSIM maize; Growth; Maize; Modelling; Phenology; Sensitivity; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CULTIVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUSIM MAIZE MODEL; GENOLOGY; MAIZE PRODUCTION; MUCHOW SINCLAIR MODEL; PHENOLOGY; SOFTWARE PACKAGE AUSIM-MAIZE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MUCHOW-SINCLAIR MODEL;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

MAIZE; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY, KATHERINE; AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, GATTON;

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030323838     PISSN: 02669838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-9838(96)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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