Modelling wheat production from low-rainfall farming systems in northern australia

Environment International

Volumn 25, Issue 6-7, 1999, Pages 861-870

  Robinson, J B ^a,b   Freebairn, D M ^a   Dimes, J P ^a,c   Dalal, R C ^d   Thomas, G A ^d   Weston, E J ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; MOISTURE; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; RAIN; SOILS;

SOWING; WHEAT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FERTILIZER; RAIN;

FARMING SYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MODELING; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; MOISTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033199125     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(99)00061-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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