Yield Gap Analysis of Alfalfa Grown under Rainfed Condition in Kansas
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Site
2.2. Defining Growing Season
2.3. Yield Estimation
2.4. Yield Determining Weather Variables
3. Results
3.1. Growing Season Delineation
3.2. Growing Season Rainfall, Temperature and Thermal Units
3.3. Alfalfa Yields, Yield Gaps and WUE
3.4. CIT Analysis
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Baral, R.; Bhandari, K.; Kumar, R.; Min, D. Yield Gap Analysis of Alfalfa Grown under Rainfed Condition in Kansas. Agronomy 2022, 12, 2190. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092190
Baral R, Bhandari K, Kumar R, Min D. Yield Gap Analysis of Alfalfa Grown under Rainfed Condition in Kansas. Agronomy. 2022; 12(9):2190. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092190
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaral, Rudra, Kamal Bhandari, Rakesh Kumar, and Doohong Min. 2022. "Yield Gap Analysis of Alfalfa Grown under Rainfed Condition in Kansas" Agronomy 12, no. 9: 2190. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092190