Wheat yield prediction modeling by soil properties: a case study in North-west of Iran

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

Afshin Morovvat ¹ , Mostafa Emadi ² , Mosa Shojae ³ , Ahmad Pakpour ⁴ , Leila Gholami ⁵ , Javad Haji Aghasi ⁶ , Ehsan Kamali ⁷

1 - Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2 - Department of Soil Science, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Iran
3 - Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
4 - Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
5 - Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
6 - Desert Regions Management Department, College of agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
7 - Desert Regions Management Department, College of agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Received: 2015-12-25 Accepted : 2015-12-25 Published : 2012-03-01

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