Corn yield response to irrigation interval and the resultant savings in water and other overheads

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-104

  Dioudis, Paschalis S ^a   Filintas, Agathos T ^a   Papadopoulos, Aristotelis H ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Available soil moisture; Corn yield; Drip irrigation; Irrigation scheduling; TDR; Water savings

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 61349117454     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.395     Document Type: Article

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