Durum wheat modeling: The Delphi system, 11 years of observations in Italy

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-118

  Toscano, P ^a,b   Ranieri, R ^c   Matese, A ^a   Vaccari, F P ^a   Gioli, B ^a   Zaldei, A ^a   Silvestri, M ^c   Ronchi, C ^c   La Cava, P ^c   Porter, J R ^e   Miglietta, F ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c Barilla GR Flli SpA   (Italy)

^d RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Calibration; Crop modeling; Durum wheat; Scenarios; Yield forecasting

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CALIBRATION; CROP YIELD; DELPHI ANALYSIS; GROWING SEASON; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

BASILICATA; ITALY; MARCHE; TUSCANY;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84862748857     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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