Forecasting lucerne productivity under dryland farming conditions in central-western and western New South Wales

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1253-1260

  Bowman, Alison M ^a,c   Smith, W ^a   Brockwell, J ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dryland farming; Lucerne; N2 fixation; New South Wales; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; RAIN;

DRY MATTER; DRYLANDS;

AGRICULTURE;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DRYLAND FARMING; NITROGEN FIXATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 3142641001     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.04.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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