Water use efficiency of rainfed and irrigated bread wheat in a Mediterranean environment

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-238

  Oweis, Theib ^a   Zhang, Heping ^a   Pala, Mustafa ^a  

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

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EID: 0034022347     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2000.922231x     Document Type: Article

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