An approach to bridging yield gaps, combining response to water and other resource inputs for wheat in northern India, using research trials and farmers' fields data

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 54-64

  Kalra, Naveen ^a   Chakraborty, Debashis ^a   Ramesh Kumar, P ^a   Jolly, Monica ^a   Sharma, P K ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Production function; Resource inputs; Simulation; Water; Wheat; WTGROWS; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FERTILIZERS; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

ABIOTIC STRESSES; CRITICAL GROWTH; CURRENT YIELD STAGNATION;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FERTILIZERS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SIMULATION; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34548690561     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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