Radiation and transpiration partitioning in a maize-sorghum intercrop: Test and evaluation of two models

Field Crops Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 127-145

  Ozier Lafontaine, H ^a   Vercambre, G ^a   Tournebize, R ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

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EID: 0030899448     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(96)01047-7     Document Type: Article

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