Influence of precipitation on maize yield in the eastern United States

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 5996-6010

  Huang, Chengyi ^a,b   Duiker, Sjoerd Willem ^b   Deng, Liangji ^a   Fang, Conggang ^a   Zeng, Weizhong ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern United States; Influence; Maize yield; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPORAL PERIOD;

UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84934880838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7055996     Document Type: Article

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