Testing winter wheat simulation models' predictions against observed UK grain yields

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-99

  Landau, S ^a   Mitchell, R A C ^b   Barnett, V ^a   Colls, J J ^a   Craigon, J ^a   Moore, K L ^c   Payne, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop simulation model; Grain yields; Winter wheat; Yield prediction

Indexed keywords

CERES-WHEAT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRAIN YIELD; WHEAT; WHEST;

UK;

EID: 0032005984     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(97)00069-5     Document Type: Article

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