Rainfall concentration for increasing corn production under semiarid climate

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1293-1302

  Ren, Xiaolong ^a   Jia, Zhikuan ^a   Chen, Xiaoli ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Rainfall concentration; Rainfall simulation; Ridge and furrow; Semiarid; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ARID REGIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

RAINFALL CONCENTRATION; RAINFALL SIMULATION; RIDGE AND FURROW; SEMIARID; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

RAIN;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FURROW IRRIGATION; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RURAL AREA; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LOESS PLATEAU;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 55249121638     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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