Quantifying the yield gap in wheat-maize cropping systems of the Hebei Plain, China

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-185

  Liang, Wei li ^a,b   Carberry, Peter ^c   Wang, Gui yan ^a   Lü, Run hai ^d   Lü, Hong zhan ^a,b   Xia, Ai ping ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Crop Growth Regulation of Hebei Province   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Farm productivity; North China Plain; Wheat maize system; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRONOMY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; DOUBLE CROPPING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LABOR SUPPLY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; HEBEI;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052681724     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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