Alternate furrow irrigation for maize production in an arid area

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 267-274

  Kang, Shaozhong ^a,b   Liang, Zongsuo ^a,b   Pan, Yinhua ^b   Shi, Peize ^c   Zhang, Jianhua ^d  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c Wuwei Institute of Water Conservancy   (China)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Maize (Zea mays); Soil drying; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; FURROW IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER USE;

EID: 0033940624     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(00)00072-X     Document Type: Article

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