Assessing the contribution of weather and management to the annual yield variation of summer maize using APSIM in the North China Plain

Field Crops Research

Volumn 194, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-102

  Sun, Hongyong ^a   Zhang, Xiying ^a   Wang, Enli ^b   Chen, Suying ^a   Shao, Liwei ^a   Qin, Wenli ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

Author keywords

APSIM Maize model; Plant density; Sowing date; Weather factors; Yield reduction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ANNUAL VARIATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOWING DATE; WEATHER; YIELD RESPONSE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84969509178     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.05.007     Document Type: Article

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