Photothermal quotient specifi cations to improve wheat cultivar yield component models

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 556-563

  Nalley, Lawton Lanier ^a   Barkley, Andrew P ^b   Sayre, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EXPLANATORY POWER; ME-XICO; OPTIMAL TIME; PHOTO-THERMAL; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; STATISTICAL MODELS; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.); WHEAT CULTIVARS; WHEAT YIELD; YIELD COMPONENTS;

AGRICULTURE; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRANULAR MATERIALS; POSITIVE IONS; RESEARCH; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

NES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67249149636     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0137x     Document Type: Article

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