Multivariate analysis of water-related agroclimatic factors limiting spring wheat yields on the Canadian prairies

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-150

  Qian, Budong ^a   De Jong, Reinder ^a   Gameda, Samuel ^a  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroclimatology; Canonical correlation analysis; Principal component analysis; Spring wheat yield; Versatile Soil Moisture Budget

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRAIRIE; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER USE; WHEAT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 57849160595     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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