Model suitability to assess regional potato yield patterns in northern Ecuador

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-108

  Soltani, A ^a   Stoorvogel, J J ^a   Veldkamp, A ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Crop growth simulation model; Empirical model; Interpolation; Metamodel

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRONOMY; CALIBRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GROWTH MODELING; INTERPOLATION; POTATO; STAKEHOLDER;

ECUADOR;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84875770981     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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