Determining crop-water production functions using yield-irrigation gradient algorithms

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-161

  Brumbelow, Kelly ^a   Georgakakos, Aris ^b  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop water production functions; Irrigation planning; Irrigation scheduling; Optimization algorithms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

IRRIGATION PLANNING; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS;

ALGORITHM; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; WATER USE; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGRICULTURE; FARM CROPS; SIMULATION;

EID: 33845575304     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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