Climate effects on corn yield in Missouri

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1626-1635

  Hu, Qi ^a   Buyanovsky, Gregory ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; RAIN;

GERMINATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141688023     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<1626:CEOCYI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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