The effect of salinity on water productivity of wheat under deficit irrigation above shallow groundwater

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 517-524

  Gowing, J W ^a   Rose, D A ^a   Ghamarnia, H ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Controlled drainage; Deficit irrigation; Groundwater; Salinity; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ARID REGIONS; CROPS; DRAINAGE; EFFLUENTS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CAPILLARY RISE; CONTROLLED DRAINAGE; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; DISPOSAL SYSTEMS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; GRAIN YIELD (GY); IRRIGATION WATERING; LAND DEGRADATION; LOAM SOILS; LYSIMETER EXPERIMENTS; ROOT ZONE; SALINE CONDITIONS; SALINE GROUND WATER; SALINITY; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER UPTAKE; WIDE-RANGE;

SALINE WATER;

DRAINAGE; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LYSIMETER; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINITY; SALINIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; SHALLOW WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER TABLE; WATER USE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 58549100256     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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