Changes in rice yields in China since 1980 associated with cultivar improvement, climate and crop management

Field Crops Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-75

  Yu, Yongqiang ^a   Huang, Yao ^b   Zhang, Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Agro C simulation; Climate change; Genetic improvement; Nitrogen fertilizer; Rice breeding

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RICE;

CHINA;

EID: 84867169917     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.07.021     Document Type: Article

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