Midwestern United States corn and soybean yield response to changing El Nino-Southern oscillation conditions during the growing season

Impacts of El Nino and Climate Variability on Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 31-54

  Hollinger, Steven E ^a   Ehler, Erika J ^b   Carlson, Richard E ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Analytical methods; Climate data; Corn yield response; El Nino Southern oscillation conditions; Growing season; Midwestern United States; Soybean yield response

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103361574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/asaspecpub63.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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