Agronomic response of maize to limited levels of water under furrow irrigation in southern Spain

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-592

  Aguilar, M ^a   Borjas, F ^a   Espinosa, M ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop yield; FAO cycles; Productivity of applied water

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 49749095135     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2007054-280     Document Type: Article

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