Growing degree-days: One equation, two interpretations

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 291-300

  McMaster, Gregory S ^a   Wilhelm, W W ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Crop simulation model; Growing degree days; Timing of biological processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031452646     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(97)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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