Yield of barley under mediterranean conditions of variable rainfall

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Metochis, C ^a   Orphanos, P I ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Barley; Evapotranspiration; Seasonal precipitation

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE; WATER REQUIREMENT;

CYPRUS;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0031009121     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02389-1     Document Type: Article

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