Simulating Unstressed Crop Development and Growth Using the Unified Plant Growth Model (UPGM)

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 407-424

  McMaster, Gregory S ^a   Ascough, James C ^a   Edmunds, Debora A ^a   Wagner, Larry E ^a   Fox, Fred A ^a   DeJonge, Kendall C ^a   Hansen, Neil C ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy height; Growth stages; Leaf production; Phenology; Seedling emergence; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

CROPS; FORESTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CANOPY HEIGHTS; GROWTH STAGES; PHENOLOGY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SIMULATION MODEL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHENOLOGY; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 84907708309     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: 15732967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-014-9402-x     Document Type: Article

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