Predicting cotton production using Infocrop-cotton simulation model, remote sensing and spatial agro-climatic data

Current Science

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1570-1579

  Hebbar, K B ^a,b   Venugopalan, M V ^c   Seshasai, M V R ^d   Rao, K V ^e   Patil, B C ^f   Prakash, A H ^a   Kumar, V ^g   Hebbar, K R ^d   Jeyakumar, P ^a   Bandhopadhyay, K K ^a   Rao, M R K ^a   Khadi, B M ^a   Aggarwal, P K ^h  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR COTTON RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

^c ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

^d NATIONAL REMOTE SENSING AGENCY   (India)

^e CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^g NAVSARI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^h INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cotton; Crop simulation model; Production; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 58049150795     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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