Assessing the information in crop model and meteorological indicators to forecast crop yield over Europe

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 168, Issue , 2019, Pages 191-202

  Lecerf, Rémi ^a   Ceglar, Andrej ^a   López Lozano, Raúl ^a   Van Der Velde, Marijn ^a   Baruth, Bettina ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ANNUAL VARIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; EUROPEAN UNION; FARMING SYSTEM; FORECASTING METHOD; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; MAIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WHEAT;

EUROPE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85044967207     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.03.002     Document Type: Article

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