Possible change in Irish climate and its impact on barley and potato yields

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 116, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 181-196

  Holden, N M ^a   Brereton, A J ^a   Fealy, R ^b   Sweeney, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Barley; Climate change; Ireland; Potato

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD;

IRELAND;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0037883251     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(03)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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