Selection of crop cultivars suited to the location combined with astute management can reduce crop yield penalties in pasture cropping systems

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1022-1032

  Thomas, Dean T ^a   Lawes, Roger A ^a   Descheemaeker, Katrien ^b   Moore, Andrew D ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

APSIM GRAZPLAN model; panic grass; plant competition; simulation model; stubbles

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; PASTURE; PHENOLOGY; SIMULATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84907821961     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP13436     Document Type: Article

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