A stochastic modelling approach for real-time forecasting of winter wheat yield

Field Crops Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-95

  Bannayan, M ^a   Crout, N M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crop biomass; Forecasting; Grain yield; Simulation model; SUCROS; Weather; Winter Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032933344     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(99)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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