Definitions and determination of crop yield, yield gaps, and of rates of change

Field Crops Research

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-18

  Fischer, R A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic yield; Farm yield; Potential yield; Yield definitions; Yield gap; Yield progress

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRONOMY; BIOTIC FACTOR; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; INNOVATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PLANT BREEDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 84940043434     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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