Cotton subsurface drip and overhead irrigation efficiency, maturity, yield, and quality

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1763-1768

  Whitaker, Jared R ^a   Ritchie, Glen L ^b   Bednarz, Craig W ^c   Mills, Cory I ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CROPS; IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.); COTTON PRODUCTIONS; CROP MATURITIES; FIBER QUALITIES; GEORGIA; IRRIGATED COTTONS; IRRIGATION EFFICIENCIES; IRRIGATION METHODS; IRRIGATION RATES; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; IRRIGATION WATER USES; LINT YIELDS; MICRONAIRE; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SOIL WATERS; SSD IRRIGATIONS; SUBSURFACE DRIPS; WATER USE EFFICIENCIES; WATER USES;

COTTON;

BOD; FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; RECYCLING; SOIL; WATER SUPPLY;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 56849113066     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0036     Document Type: Article

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