The water budget of rainfed maize and bean intercrop

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 28, Issue 20-27, 2003, Pages 919-926

  Walker, S ^a   Ogindo, H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Climate; Cropping systems; Evapotranspiration; Soil water budget

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RAIN; SOILS; WATER RESOURCES;

WATER BUDGET;

CROPS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; EVAPORATION; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

EID: 0141941095     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2003.08.018     Document Type: Article

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