An improved water-use efficiency for winter wheat grown under reduced irrigation

Field Crops Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-98

  Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Sui, Xiangzhen ^b   Li, Bin ^b   Su, Baolin ^b   Li, Jianmin ^b   Zhou, Dianxi ^b  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Soil drying irrigation; Water use efficiency; Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031735346     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(98)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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