Contribution of planting date trends to increased maize yields in the central United States

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-336

  Kucharik, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LINEAR REGRESSION;

MAIZE PRODUCTION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; PLANTING TRENDS;

CROPS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 41449105143     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0145     Document Type: Article

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