Low yield gap of winter wheat in the North China Plain

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Li, Kenan ^a   Yang, Xiaoguang ^a   Liu, Zhijuan ^a   Zhang, Tianyi ^b   Lu, Shuo ^a   Liu, Yuan ^c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

APSIM wheat model; Climate change; The North China Plain; Winter wheat; Yield gap; Yield stagnation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84901372070     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2014.04.007     Document Type: Article

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