Soil water balance of annual crop-native shrub systems in Senegal's Peanut Basin: The missing link

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 137-148

  Kizito, F ^a   Sene M ^b   Dragila, M I ^c   Lufafa, A ^c   Diedhiou, I ^d   Dossa, E ^c   Cuenca, R ^e   Selker, J ^e   Dick, R P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CERAAS   (Senegal)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Centre National de la Recherches Agronomique   (Senegal)

^e Oregon State University   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater uptake; Intercropping; Semi arid landscapes; Shrub agroecosystems; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; MOISTURE;

GROUNDWATER UPTAKE; INTERCROPPING; SEMI-ARID LANDSCAPES; SHRUB AGROECOSYSTEMS; WATER BALANCE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; COEXISTENCE; CROP PLANT; GROUNDWATER; INTERCROPPING; NATIVE SPECIES; SHRUB; SOIL WATER; WATER UPTAKE;

BASINS; FARM CROPS; MOISTURE; SOIL;

AFRICA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; GUIERA SENEGALENSIS; PILIOSTIGMA RETICULATUM;

EID: 34247378277     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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