Diverse responses of winter wheat yield and water use to climate change and variability on the semiarid loess plateau in China

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1169-1178

  He, Liang ^a   Cleverly, James ^b   Chen, Chao ^b   Yang, Xiaoya ^c   Li, Jun ^a   Liu, Wenzhao ^d   Yu, Qiang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

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EID: 84903136255     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj13.0321     Document Type: Article

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