Management, topographical, and weather effects on spatial variability of crop grain yields

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 514-523

  Kravchenko, A N ^a   Robertson, G P ^a   Thelen, K D ^a   Harwood, R R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ECOLOGY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROWTH KINETICS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

CROP GRAIN YIELDS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES; WEATHER EFFECTS;

CROPS;

AGRONOMY; ECOLOGY; FARM CROPS; GROWTH RATE; PRECIPITATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER; WOOD GRAIN;

EID: 15944399108     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0514     Document Type: Article

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