Stubble management and microclimate, yield and water use efficiency of canola grown in the semiarid Canadian prairie

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-107

  Cutforth, H W ^a   Angadi, S V ^b   McConkey, B G ^a  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canola; Microclimate; Stubble height; Water use efficiency; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CANOLA; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MICROCLIMATE; PRAIRIE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOLAR RADIATION; STUBBLE; WATER USE; WHEAT; WIND VELOCITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; SWIFT CURRENT;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; CICER ARIETINUM; LENS CULINARIS; PISUM SATIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33750524049     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P05-073     Document Type: Article

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