Crop modelling based analysis of site-specific production limitations of winter oilseed rape in northern Germany

Field Crops Research

Volumn 178, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-62

  Hoffmann, M P ^a   Jacobs, A ^b   Whitbread, A M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Sugar Beet Research   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

APSIM; Nitrogen balance; Rooting depth; Site specific fertiliser strategy; Water stress

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ROOTING; WATER STRESS;

GERMANY; GOTTINGEN; LOWER SAXONY;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 84927717735     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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