Benchmarking sunflower water productivity in semiarid environments

Field Crops Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-262

  Grassini, Patricio ^a   Hall, Antonio J ^a   Mercau, Jorge L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Área de Tecnología AACREA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Boundary function; Helianthus annuus L.; Semiarid environments; Simulation model; Soil evaporation; Sunflower; Transpiration efficiency; Water productivity; Yield gap analysis

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; HERB; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRITION; SEMIARID REGION; TRANSPIRATION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 58149149761     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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