A field study of energy consumption in wheat production in Canterbury,New Zealand

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2526-2532

  Safa, M ^a   Samarasingh, S ^a   Mohssen, M ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Energy c.onsumption.; Energy i.nputs.; Energy r.atio.; Wheat

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS;

ENERGY C.ONSUMPTION; ENERGY I.NPUTS; ENERGY R.ATIO; FARMING SYSTEM; OPERATIONAL ENERGY; SOURCE OF ENERGY; WHEAT; WHEAT PRODUCTION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 79952786660     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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