Re-evaluating sowing time of spring canola (Brassica napus L.) in south-eastern Australia - How early is too early?

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 381-396

  Kirkegaard, J A ^a   Lilley, J M ^a   Brill, R D ^b   Sprague, S J ^a   Fettell, N A ^b,c   Pengilley, G C ^b,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d EGlen Esk   (Australia)

Author keywords

frost; heat; phenology; simulation; water stress; water use efficiency.

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANOLA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CULTIVAR; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROST; HEATING; HYBRID; OIL; PHENOLOGY; SEEDING; SIMULATION; SOWING DATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD;

AUSTRALIA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 84969497715     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP15282     Document Type: Article

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