LEPA irrigation of grain sorghum with varying water supplies

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2033-2038

  Bordovsky, J P ^a,b   Lyle, W M ^b  

^a ASAE ^*

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; Irrigation frequency; LEPA; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

CROPS; IRRIGATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ARABLE FARMING; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION METHOD; LOW ENERGY PRECISION APPLICATION; SORGHUM; SORGHUM PRODUCTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

USA, TEXAS, SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS;

EID: 0030303045     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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