Mapping of Maize Growing Period over the Free State Province of South Africa: Heat Units Approach

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2017, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Moeletsi, Mokhele Edmond ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

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EID: 85017258517     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2017/7164068     Document Type: Article

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