Grain sorghum response to supplementary irrigations under post-rainy season conditions

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-41

  Farah, S M ^a,b   Salih, A A ^b   Taha, A M ^b   Ali, Z I ^b   Ali, I A ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORPORATION   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Irrigation production efficiency; Sorghum; Supplementary irrigation; Water economics

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM; POACEAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; SORGHUM; SORGHUM YIELD; SUPPLEMENTARY IRRIGATION; YIELD;

SUDAN;

EID: 0030618831     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(96)01283-8     Document Type: Article

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