A process-based model to simulate changes in tiller density and light interception of sugarcane crops

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 589-599

  Bezuidenhout, C N ^a   O'Leary, G J ^a   Singels, A ^a   Bajic, V B ^b,c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN SUGARCANE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c Lab for Information Technology   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CANEGRO; Canopy; Model; Sugarcane; Tillering

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; INTERCEPTION; LIGHT; MODELING; SUGAR CANE;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0037400661     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(02)00076-8     Document Type: Article

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