Tailoring management of tomato production to ENSO phase at different scales

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1993-2003

  Messina, Carlos D ^a   Letson, David ^b   Jones, James W ^c  

^a PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o southern oscillation; ENSO; Optimization; Simulation models; Tomato management

Indexed keywords

SIMULATION MODELS; TOMATO MANAGEMENT;

CULTIVATION; OPTIMIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FRUIT PRODUCTION; OPTIMIZATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

CULTIVATION; FARM CROPS; OPTIMIZATION; WEATHER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33947141980     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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