Climate Change and Potato Production in Contrasting South African Agro-ecosystems 1. Effects on Land and Water Use Efficiencies

Potato Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-50

  Haverkort, A J ^a,b   Franke, A C ^a   Engelbrecht, F A ^c,d   Steyn, J M ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Future production Chemicals Cluster   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate change; Contrasting agro ecosystems; Potato; Water use efficiency; Yield

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84876102969     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: 18714528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11540-013-9230-4     Document Type: Article

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