Field crop production is a major component of Australia’s economy, and landholders manage their resources to balance ecological, environmental and social demands.This subject discusses how these strategies are employed to produce high quality crop products. Topics include: an appraisal of the cropping enterprises in southern Australia - the location, scale and nature of cropping enterprises and their contribution to the national economy; growth, development and yield in crop production - definitions and relations between growth and development attributes, yield and yield components, measurement of crop yields, biological and economical yield and harvest index (complemented by field... -- Course Website
Prerequisites: None