Yield potential: Its definition, measurement, and significance

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1544-1551

  Evans, L T ^a   Fisher, R A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BREEDING; SIMULATION MODEL; WHEAT; ZEA MAYS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033382588     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.3961544x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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