Modeling physiology of crop development, growth and yield

Modeling Physiology of Crop Development, Growth and Yield

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-322

  Soltani, Afshin ^a   Sinclair, Thomas R ^b  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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