Simulation of winter wheat yield and water use efficiency in the Loess Plateau of China using WAVES

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 355-367

  Kang, Shaozhong ^a   Zhang, Lu ^b   Liang, Yinli ^c   Dawes, Warrick ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Loess Plateau; Simulation model; Water use efficiency; Winter wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; IRRIGATION; WATER USE; WHEAT;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0242577803     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(03)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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