Sugarcane water use from shallow water tables: Implications for improving irrigation water use efficiency

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Hurst, Caecelia A ^a   Thorburn, Peter J ^a   Lockington, David ^b   Bristow, Keith L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capillary rise; Crop water use; Evapotranspiration; Groundwater; Upflow; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CROPS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL TESTING; SUGAR CANE; WATER SUPPLY;

SHALLOW WATER TABLES;

IRRIGATION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; SUGAR CANE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0842310649     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(03)00207-5     Document Type: Article

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