GUICS: A generic user interface for on-farm crop simulations

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 657-665

  Acock, Basil ^a   Pachepsky, Yakov A ^b   Mironenko, Eugene V ^c   Whisler, Frank D ^d   Reddy, Vangimalla R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032882157     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1999.914657x     Document Type: Article

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