Recovery dynamics of rainfed winter wheat after livestock grazing 1. Growth rates, grain yields, soil water use and water-use efficiency

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 947-959

  Harrison, Matthew T ^a,b,c   Evans, John R ^b   Dove, Hugh ^a   Moore, Andrew D ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UMR 759 LEPSE   (France)

Author keywords

defoliation; evaporation; growth rate; herbivory; kernels; soil water; transpiration efficiency; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DEFOLIATION; DRY MATTER; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL WATER; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; CANBERRA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84555202726     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP11234     Document Type: Article

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