The effects of mulch and irrigation management on wheat in Punjab, India-Evaluation of the APSIM model

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Balwinder Singh, ^a,c   Gaydon, D S ^b   Humphreys, E ^c   Eberbach, P L ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Calibration; Phenology; Soil evaporation; Validation; Water productivity; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; MULCH; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOLOGY; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE; WHEAT;

INDIA; LUDHIANA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79961127670     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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