Application efficiencies and furrow infiltration functions of irrigations in sugar cane in the Ord River Irrigation Area of North Western Australia and the scope for improvement

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 162-172

  Bakker, D M ^a   Plunkett, G ^a   Sherrard, J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Furrow irrigation; Furrow shape; SIRMOD; Vertosols

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MOISTURE; SOILS; SUGAR CANE;

FURROW IRRIGATION; FURROW SHAPE; SURFACE IRRIGATION MODEL (SIRMOD); VERTOSOLS;

IRRIGATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; HYDRAULIC MODELS; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; SOILS; SUGAR CANE;

FURROW IRRIGATION; INFILTRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUGAR CANE; WATER TABLE;

DRAINAGE; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; SIMULATION; SOIL; SUGAR CANE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; ORD RIVER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 33646117245     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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