Improving efficiency of water use for irrigated rice in a semi-arid tropical environment

Field Crops Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 231-248

  Borrell, Andrew ^a,c   Garside, Alan ^a,d   Fukai, Shu ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Hermitage Research Station   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Oryza sativa; Rice; Saturated soil culture; Semi arid tropics; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; RICE; RIVERS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY; RICE; RICE CULTIVATION; SEMI-ARID REGION; TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL; WATER USE;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, BURDEKIN RIVER IRRIGATION AREA;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0030742538     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(97)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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