Climatic risk assessment to improve nitrogen fertilisation recommendations: A strategic crop model-based approach

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-17

  Dumont, B ^a,b   Basso, B ^b   Bodson, B ^a   Destain, J P ^c   Destain, M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climatic variability; Crop model; LARS WG; Nitrogen management; STICS; Stochastically generated weather

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HARVESTING; HISTORICAL RECORD; LEACHING; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

BELGIUM; WALLONIA;

EID: 84921902099     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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