Leading farmers in South East Australia have closed the exploitable wheat yield gap: Prospects for further improvement

Field Crops Research

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Van Rees, Harm ^a,b   McClelland, Tim ^b   Hochman, Zvi ^c   Carberry, Peter ^c   Hunt, James ^c   Huth, Neil ^c   Holzworth, Dean ^c  

^a Cropfacts P/L   (Australia)

^b BCG   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actual yield; Adaptations; Simulated yield; Water limited yield; Wheat; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; FUTURE PROSPECT; INNOVATION; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84901356680     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.04.018     Document Type: Article

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