Water-yield relations and optimal irrigation scheduling of wheat in the Mediterranean region

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 195-211

  Zhang, Heping ^a   Oweis, Theib ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Crop water stress; Economics; Irrigation scheduling; Mediterranean; Supplemental irrigation; Water use efficiency; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; WHEAT; YIELD;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 0032901982     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(98)00069-9     Document Type: Article

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