Irrigated cotton in the tropical dry season. I: Yield, its components and crop development

Field Crops Research

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 278-289

  Yeates, S J ^a   Constable, G A ^a   McCumstie, T ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boll period; Cotton; Crop development; Degree days; Dry season; Gossypium barbadense; Plant mapping; Semi arid tropics

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COTTON; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FRUITING; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; REINTRODUCTION; SEMIARID REGION; SOWING DATE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77549083831     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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