Water distribution from a subsurface drip irrigation system and dripline spacing effect on cotton yield and water use efficiency in a coastal plain soil

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1823-1835

  Grabow, Garry L ^a,d   Huffman, Rodney L ^a   Evans, Robert O ^a   Jordan, David L ^b   Nuti, Russell C ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Subsurface drip irrigation; Water management; Yields

Indexed keywords

DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; DRIPLINE SPACING EFFECTS; SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION; WATER USE;

COASTAL ZONES; COTTON; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; SOILS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

COASTAL PLAIN; COTTON; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; SANDY LOAM; SPACING; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

COTTON; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33947157689     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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