Optimal applied water and nitrogen for winter wheat under variable seasonal rainfall and planning scenarios for consequent crops in a semi-arid region

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 113-122

  Sepaskhah, A R ^a   Azizian, A ^a   Tavakoli, A R ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Dryland Agricultural Research Institute Maragheh   (Iran)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; Irrigation planning; Nitrogen; Rainfall; Water

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

CROP YIELDS; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION PLANNING; VARIABLE SEASONAL RAINFALL;

IRRIGATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIMITING FACTOR; NITROGEN; PLANNING SYSTEM; RAINFALL; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SEMIARID REGION; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33745223885     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.01.008     Document Type: Article

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