The limit to wheat water-use efficiency in eastern Australia. II. Influence of rainfall patterns

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 657-669

  Sadras, V O ^a   Rodriguez, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass; Breeding; Climate; Evaporation; Harvest index; Modelling; Nitrogen; Power law; Resource pulse; Root; Seasonality; Transpiration; Triticum aestivum; Water

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPIRATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EMERALD; HORSHAM; QUEENSLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34547180732     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR06376     Document Type: Article

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