Spatial and temporal variability of wheat grain yield and quality in a Mediterranean environment: A multivariate geostatistical approach

Field Crops Research

Volumn 131, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-62

  Diacono, Mariangela ^a   Castrignanò, Annamaria ^b   Troccoli, Antonio ^c   De Benedetto, Daniela ^b   Basso, Bruno ^d   Rubino, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^c Cereals Research Centre   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Factorial co Kriging Analysis; Management classes; Rainfed durum wheat; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; FIELDWORK; GEOSTATISTICS; HARVESTING; KRIGING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSISTENCE; PROTEIN; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84859862387     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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