Long-term durum wheat monoculture: Modelling and future projection

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-92

  Bernardoni, Ettore ^a   Acutis, Marco ^a   Ventrella, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CRA SCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cropping system; Downscaling process; Grain production

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; DOWNSCALING; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MONOCULTURE; PHENOLOGY; SOFTWARE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

ITALY; PUGLIA;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84859117747     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2012.e13     Document Type: Article

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