Modelling agricultural management systems with APEX

Soil Hydrology, Land use and Agriculture: Measurement and Modelling

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 117-136

  Wang, Xiuying ^a   Tuppad, Pushpa ^a   Williams, Jimmy R ^a  

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

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