Water use efficiency of winter-sown chickpea under supplemental irrigation in a mediterranean environment

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-179

  Oweis, Theib ^a   Hachum, Ahmed ^b   Pala, Mustafa ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Chickpea; Deficit irrigation; Rainfed agriculture; Sowing date; Supplemental irrigation; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; RAIN; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CROP ROTATIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; IRRIGATION; LEGUME; SOIL WATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASCOCHYTA; CICER ARIETINUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1842766345     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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