Calibration of CERES3 (Maize) to improve silking date prediction values for South Africa

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-66

  du Toit, A S ^a   Booysen, J ^b   Human, J J ^c  

^a ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

CERES Maize; Crop modelling; Phenology; Photoperiod; Silking date; Thermal time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348202932     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.1998.10635118     Document Type: Article

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