The climatic determinants of cotton yields: Evidence from a plot in West Africa

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 148, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 1093-1100

  Blanc, Elodie ^a   Quirion, Philippe ^a   Strobl, Eric ^b  

^a Centre International de Recherche sur lEnvironnement et le Developpement   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Cotton; West Africa; Yields

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CLIMATE; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FLOODING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 43749111553     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2008.02.005     Document Type: Article

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