Corn yield responses under crop evapotranspiration-based irrigation management

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 799-808

  Ko, Jonghan ^a   Piccinni, Giovanni ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Crop evapotranspiration; Irrigation; Yield

Indexed keywords

A CENTERS; CANOPY TEMPERATURES; CORN; CORN YIELDS; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GRAIN YIELD RESPONSE; GRAIN YIELDS; IRRIGATED FIELDS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENTS; IRRIGATION REGIMES; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENTS; LEAF RELATIVE WATER CONTENTS; LOW-ENERGY PRECISION APPLICATIONS; PLANT WATERS; REDUCED TILLAGES; RESEARCH CENTERS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENTS; WATER DELIVERIES; WATER STATUS; WATER-USE EFFICIENCIES; YIELD; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; PROFITABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; UVALDE COUNTY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 61449224482     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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