Predicting soybean yield in a dry and wet year using a soil productivity index

Plant and Soil

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-182

  Yang, J ^a,b   Hammer, R D ^a   Thompson, A L ^a   Blanchar, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Soil productivity index; Soil water sufficiency factor; Soybean growth

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; PREDICTION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; SOYBEAN;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0038276997     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022801322245     Document Type: Article

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