Wheat production in Tunisia: Progress, inter-annual variability and relation to rainfall

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-42

  Latiri, K ^a   Lhomme, J P ^b   Annabi, M ^a   Setter, T L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UMR LISAH   (France)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Rainfall; Trend; Tunisia; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DROUGHT; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; LIMITING FACTOR; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOWING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

TUNISIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 77951295461     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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