Partitioning soil-water losses in different plant populations of dry-land corn

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 157-172

  Persaud, N ^a   Khosla, R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop transpiration; Leaf area index; Penman equation; Potential evapotranspiration; Soil evaporation; Soil water storage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GROWTH PERIOD; HYBRID; MAIZE; MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER;

DRYLAND FARMING; PARTITIONING; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0032721436     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(99)00032-3     Document Type: Article

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