Can planting date and cultivar selection improve resource use efficiency of cotton systems?

Field Crops Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-11

  Braunack, M V ^a   Bange, M P ^a   Johnston, D B ^a  

^a Australian Cotton Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop simulation; Nitrogen; Nitrogen use efficiency; Water use; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COTTON; CULTIVAR; FRUIT; FUTURE PROSPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INSECT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; RAINFALL; RESOURCE USE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AUSTRALIA; NARRABRI; NEW SOUTH WALES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84867010421     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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