Drivers of spatial and temporal variation in soybean yield and irrigation requirements in the western US Corn Belt

Field Crops Research

Volumn 163, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-46

  Grassini, Patricio ^a   Torrion, Jessica A ^b   Cassman, Kenneth G ^a   Yang, Haishun S ^a   Specht, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycine Max L.; Irrigation; Soybean; Water use efficiency; Yield; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; METEOROLOGY; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOWING; SOYBEAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

CORN BELT; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84901228456     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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