Water use and water use efficiency of sweet corn under different weather conditions and soil moisture regimes

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1369-1376

  Garcia y Garcia, Axel ^a   Guerra, Larry C ^a   Hoogenboom, Gerrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Soil moisture deficit; Zea mays L. var. rugosa

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; CRITICAL PERIODS; DAILY EVAPOTRANSPIRATIONS; DRY MATTERS; LEAST SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANTING DATE; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFED; RAINFED CONDITION; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICIT; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SWEET CORNS; UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA; WATER BALANCE; WATER USE; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY; WEATHER CONDITIONS; WEATHER VARIABILITY; ZEA MAYS; ZEA MAYS L. VAR. RUGOSA;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW OF WATER; GAGES; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOIL MOISTURE; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

MOISTURE CONTROL;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MAIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER STRESS; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WEATHER;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67649846315     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.04.022     Document Type: Review

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