Forage yield response to water use for dryland corn, millet, and triticale in the central great plains

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 992-998

  Nielsen, David C ^a   Vigil, Merle F ^a   Benjamin, Joseph G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEARIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER;

FORAGE YIELD; MILLET; TRITICALE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY (WUE);

AGRICULTURE;

FORAGE; PRECIPITATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER;

SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA ITALICA; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICOSECALE WITTMACK; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33746565489     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0356     Document Type: Article

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