From controlled environments to field simulations: Developing a growth model for the novel perennial pasture legume Cullen australasicum

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1373-1382

  Suriyagoda, Lalith D B ^a,b   Lambers, Hans ^a   Ryan, Megan H ^a   Renton, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian native legumes; Climate change; Drought; Growth model; Novel crops; Pasture

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; DROUGHT; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEGUME; PARAMETERIZATION; PASTURE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CULLEN AUSTRALASICUM; DESMODIUM;

EID: 77955924375     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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