Yield and water-production functions of two durum wheat cultivars grown under different irrigation and nitrogen regimes

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 603-615

  Karam, Fadi ^a   Kabalan, Rabih ^a   Breidi, Joêlle ^a   Rouphael, Youssef ^b   Oweis, Theib ^c  

^a LEBANESE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Irrigation strategy; Nitrogen rate; Supplemental irrigation; Triticum durum L.; Vapor pressure deficit; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLAY; CLAY MINERALS; FORESTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER VAPOR;

NITROGEN RATE; SUPPLEMENTAL IRRIGATION; TRITICUM DURUM L.; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

IRRIGATION;

CLAY SOIL; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVAR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER SUPPLY; WHEAT;

ASIA; BEKAA VALLEY; BEQAA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 60549109621     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.09.018     Document Type: Article

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