Variability in harvest index of grain crops and potential significance for carbon accounting: Examples from Australian agriculture

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-219

  Unkovich, Murray ^a   Baldock, Jeff ^b   Forbes, Matthew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

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EID: 79953273384     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-21131005005-4     Document Type: Article

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