Contribution of persistent factors to yield gaps in high-yield irrigated maize

Field Crops Research

Volumn 186, Issue , 2016, Pages 124-132

  Farmaha, Bhupinder S ^a   Lobell, David B ^b   Boone, Katherine E ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^a   Yang, Haishun S ^a   Grassini, Patricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop simulation model; Irrigated maize; Producer data; Remote sensing; Yield gap

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NUMERICAL METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SOYBEAN;

CORN BELT; NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84947329999     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.10.020     Document Type: Article

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