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The New Varieties under Dryland Conditions: Mexican Wheats in Tunisia
Author(s) -
Purvis Malcolm J.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238661
Subject(s) - yield (engineering) , agronomy , scale (ratio) , dryland farming , agroforestry , biology , geography , agriculture , ecology , materials science , cartography , metallurgy
Abstract The new wheats in the dryland conditions of Tunisia are being grown with limited success on large‐scale mechanized farms. Achieving yield potentials depends on careful control of plant growth. If this is not done, traditional varieties outyield the new wheats.