Upscaling modelled crop yields to regional scale: A case study using dssat for spring wheat on the canadian prairies;Mise à l’échelle régionale des modèles du rendement des cultures: Étude de cas avec le DSSAT pour le bléde printemps cultivédans les Prairies canadiennes

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-61

  Huffman, Ted ^a   Qian, Budong ^a   De Jong, Reinder ^a   Liu, Jiangui ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   McConkey, Brian ^a   Brierley, Tony ^a   Yang, Jingyi ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CERES Wheat crop model; Regional application (Canada); Spring wheat; Yield aggregation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRAIRIE; SPRING (SEASON); WHEAT;

CANADA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84925348739     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS-2014-076     Document Type: Article

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