The effect of salinity on corn yield using the CERES-maize model

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-28

  Beltrão, José ^a   Asher, Jiftah Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Corn yield; Modelling; Salinity; Simulation; Soil water availability; Wilting point

Indexed keywords

CERES; ZEA MAYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAND;

CORN YIELD; SOFTWARE PACKAGE CERES MAIZE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

CERES-MAIZE; CORN YIELD; NITROGEN; SALINITY; SOIL WATER; WILTING POINT;

EID: 0031062340     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005726701554     Document Type: Article

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