Quasi-biennial corn yield cycles in Iowa

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 1087-1094

  Malone, R W ^a   Meek, D W ^a   Hatfield, J L ^a   Mann, M E ^b   Jaquis, R J ^a   Ma, L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Corn production; ENSO; Multitaper spectral analysis; NAO; Nitrate leaching; QBO; SOI

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LEACHING; MAIZE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 62849109095     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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