Using satellite remote sensing to understand maize yield gaps in the North China Plain

Field Crops Research

Volumn 183, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-42

  Zhao, Yi ^a   Chen, XinPing ^b   Cui, ZhenLing ^b   Lobell, David B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Maize; Remote sensing; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; FIELD METHOD; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL TYPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HEBEI; QUZHOU;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84938057967     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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