Soil water in relation to irrigation, water uptake and potato yield in a humid climate

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-300

  Starr, G C ^a   Rowland, D ^a   Griffin, T S ^a   Olanya, O M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic modeling; Irrigation; Potato; Soil water; Time domain reflectometry; Time series; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; IRRIGATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

DIAGNOSTIC MODELING; POTATO; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL;

FLOW OF WATER; IRRIGATION; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; IRRIGATION; POTATO; SAP FLOW; SOIL WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 39149117358     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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