A simplified index for an early estimation of durum wheat yield in Tuscany (Central Italy)

Field Crops Research

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-6

  Dalla Marta, Anna ^a   Orlando, Francesca ^b   Mancini, Marco ^a,c   Guasconi, Federico ^a   Motha, Ray ^d   Qu, John ^d   Orlandini, Simone ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Climate and Sustainability Foundation   (Italy)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cereal crop; Leaf area index; Meteorological indices; Operational forecasting tools; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORRELATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FORECASTING METHOD; LEAF AREA INDEX; TILLERING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHEAT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CULTIVAR; RAINFALL;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84908303444     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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