Improvement in wheat yields in northern India since 1965: Measured and simulated trends

Field Crops Research

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-149

  Sankaran, V M ^a,b   Aggarwal, P K ^b   Sinha, S K ^b  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic progress; Simulation models; Wheat; WTGROWS; Yield potential

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CROP YIELD; WHEAT;

INDIA;

EID: 0034194675     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(00)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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