Combining field surveys, remote sensing, and regression trees to understand yield variations in an irrigated wheat landscape

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 241-249

  Lobell, David B ^a,b   Ortiz Monasterio, J Ivan ^c   Asner, Gregory P ^a,b   Naylor, Rosamond L ^b   Falcon, Walter P ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FOOD PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION WATER ALLOCATION; REGRESSION TREE MODELS;

CROPS; FERTILIZERS; FOOD PRODUCTS; IRRIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YIELD STRESS;

REMOTE SENSING;

FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; YIELD;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 13544271825     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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