Assessment of wheat and maize water productivities and production function for cropping system decisions in arid and semiarid regions

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-115

  Dehghanisanij, Hossein ^a,c   Nakhjavani, Mohammad M ^a   Tahiri, Adel Zeggaf ^b   Anyoji, Hisao ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Water Resource Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crop water production function; Crop water productivity; Deficit irrigation; Maize; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 61349182589     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.397     Document Type: Article

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