Integrated strategies for maize irrigation and fertilization under water scarcity and environmental pressure in Bulgaria

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-113

  Popova, Zornitsa ^a   Kercheva, Milena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

CERES maize model; Climate variation; Environment; Fertilization strategies; Irrigation scheduling

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13244254260     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.104     Document Type: Article

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