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Proceedings of the Thirty-ninth Meeting of the Agricultural Research Modellers' Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2007

L. A. CROMPTON  and
T. R. WHEELER
L. A. CROMPTON
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
T. R. WHEELER
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
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Abstract

This group, which is concerned with the applications of mathematics to agricultural science, was formed in 1970 and has since met at approximately yearly intervals in London for one-day meetings. The thirty-ninth meeting of the group, chaired by Professor N. Crout of the University of Nottingham, was held in the Kohn Centre at the Royal Society, 6 Carlton House Terrace, London on Friday, 30 March 2007 when the following papers were read.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 145 , Issue 6 , December 2007 , pp. 635 - 650
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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