Rainfall-yield relationships across the Australian wheatbelt

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-223

  Stephens, D J ^a,b   Lyons, T J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agrometeorology; Correlation; Spatial; Temporal; Variability; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION; WHEAT; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA;

POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031914647     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A96139     Document Type: Article

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