Quantification and comparison of wheat yield variation across space and time

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 212-219

  Florin, M J ^a   McBratney, A B ^a   Whelan, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Precision agriculture; Pseudo cross variograms; Spatio temporal variation

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; PRECISION AGRICULTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VARIOGRAM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 60649113211     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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