Limits to maize productivity in Western Corn-Belt: A simulation analysis for fully irrigated and rainfed conditions

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1254-1265

  Grassini, Patricio ^a   Yang, Haishun ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Maize; Rainfall shortage; Simulation model; Water productivity; Water limited yield; Water use efficiency; Yield potential; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; MATURATION; PHENOLOGY; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CORN BELT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349102004     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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