1. El Niño - Southern Oscillation influences on soybean yields in eastern Paraguay.
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Fraisse, Clyde W., Cabrera, Victor E., Breuer, Norman E., Baez, Julian, Quispe, Jaime, and Matos, Edwards
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SOYBEAN , *AGRICULTURAL productivity , *SEED aging , *FARM produce , *AGRICULTURAL climatology , *PRECIPITATION (Chemistry) , *AGRICULTURE , *SOUTHERN oscillation , *ATMOSPHERIC pressure - Abstract
The article focuses on the increase in soybean production in Paraguay. According to the article, the increase in production makes the country as the fourth largest soybean exporter in the world. As stated, differences in mean precipitation among El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phases were investigated under the context of crop development phases. Influences of ENSO phases on mean precipitation during planting and blooming, blooming and seed podding and from young pods to physiological maturity were explored through tests of difference in the central tendency. Moreover, mean precipitation between seed podding and crop maturity was found to be significantly lower during La Niña years than during El Niño years in one of the locations studied.
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- 2008
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