Row configuration as a tool for managing rain-fed cotton systems: Review and simulation analysis

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-77

  Bange, M P ^a,b   Carberry, P S ^a,b   Marshall, J ^a,c   Milroy, S P ^a,b  

^a Australian Cotton Coop Res Centre   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Agric Prod Systems Research Unit ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Management; Model; OZCOT

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; COTTON; RAINFED AGRICULTURE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 16244381767     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA03254     Document Type: Review

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