Drip irrigation frequency: The effects and their interaction with nitrogen fertilization on sandy soil water distribution, maize yield and water use efficiency under Egyptian conditions

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-192

  El Hendawy, S E ^a   Hokam, E M ^a   Schmidhalter, U ^b  

^a University of Suez Canal   (Egypt)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation frequency; Evapotranspiration; Nitrogen fertilization; Sandy soil; Semi arid; Soil water distribution; WUE; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NITROGEN; SANDY SOIL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 43149124226     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2008.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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