Early prediction of spring wheat yields in saskatchewan from current and historical weather data using the ceres-wheat model

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 223-232

  Chipanshi, A C ^a   Ripley, E A ^a   Lawford, R G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CERES wheat model; Current weather data; Historical weather data; Spring wheat yields

Indexed keywords

APUS APUS; CERES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; POACEAE;

CERES-WHEAT MODEL; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; WHEAT; YIELD;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 0030613940     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02363-5     Document Type: Article

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