Water use in a modified summer fallow system on semiarid northern Great Plains

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 345-357

  Aase, J K ^a   Pikul Jr , J L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate crops; Crop rotations; Spatial variability; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

FALLOW; SEMIARID REGION; WATER USE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034101343     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(99)00062-1     Document Type: Article

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