The yield potential of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)

Field Crops Research

Volumn 182, Issue , 2015, Pages 98-106

  Constable, G A ^a   Bange, M P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Resource use efficiency; Simulation modelling; Theoretical yield; Yield potential

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRONOMY; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PERENNIAL PLANT;

ANIMALIA; ELODEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84940438077     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.017     Document Type: Review

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