Field water supply:yield relationships of grain sorghum grown in three USA Southern Great Plains soils

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1303-1313

  Tolk, J A ^a   Howell, T A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; Evapotranspiration; Irrigation water productivity; Irrigation water use efficiency; Lysimeter; Water productivity; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLAY MINERALS; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); IRRIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

DEFICIT IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION WATER PRODUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SOILS;

CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE; SOIL WATER; SORGHUM; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; YIELD RESPONSE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 55249089681     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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