Temporal and spatial changes of maize yield potentials and yield gaps in the past three decades in China

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 208, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-20

  Tao, Fulu ^a   Zhang, Shuai ^a   Zhang, Zhao ^b   Rötter, Reimund P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agronomic management; Climate change; Food security; Impact; Water stress; Yield potential

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84928692184     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.04.020     Document Type: Article

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