Satellite evidence for yield growth opportunities in Northwest India

Field Crops Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-20

  Lobell, David B ^a   Ortiz Monasterio, J Ivan ^b   Lee, Anna S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Irrigation; Remote sensing; Sowing date; Wheat; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CANAL; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; FARMERS ATTITUDE; GENOTYPE; GREEN REVOLUTION; IRRIGATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOWING DATE; WEATHER MODIFICATION; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956882553     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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