A parsimonious, multiple-regression model of wheat yield response to environment

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 151-166

  Landau, S ^a   Mitchell, R A C ^b   Barnett, V ^c   Colls, J J ^c   Craigon, J ^c   Payne, R W ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Statistics Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grain yields; Parsimony; Prediction; Weather; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 0034732293     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(99)00166-5     Document Type: Article

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