Modeling soil nutrient limitations to crop production in semiarid NE of Brazil with a modified EPIC version: I. Changes in the source code of the model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 441-456

  Barros, Inácio De ^a   Williams, Jimmy R ^b   Gaiser, Thomas ^c  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Crop models; EPIC; Potassium; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; MODELING; POTASSIUM; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3242738391     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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