Water use efficiency of common bean and green gram grown using alternate furrow and deficit irrigation

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-268

  Webber, H A ^a   Madramootoo, C A ^a   Bourgault, M ^b   Horst, M G ^c   Stulina, G ^c   Smith, D L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Melioration   (Uzbekistan)

Author keywords

Alternate furrow irrigation; Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); Fergana Valley of Uzbekistan; Green gram (Vigna radiata); Irrigation scheduling; Regulated deficit irrigation; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS;

ALTERNATE FURROW IRRIGATION; COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS); GREEN GRAM (VIGNA RADIATA); IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

IRRIGATION;

BIOMASS; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; IRRIGATION;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP YIELD; FIELD SURVEY; FURROW IRRIGATION; LEGUME; SEMIARID REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOMASS; FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; METEOROLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FARGHONA WILOYATI; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 33750946431     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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