Water-use patterns of tall fescue and hybrid bluegrass cultivars subjected to ET-based irrigation scheduling

Irrigation Science

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 377-391

  Githinji, Leonard J M ^a   Dane, Jacob H ^b   Walker, Robert H ^b  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUBURN UNIVERSITIES; AVAILABLE WATER; BLOCK DESIGNS; COLOR INDEX; COLOR QUALITY; DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; DIGITAL IMAGE; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; FIELD EXPERIMENT; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; IRRIGATION WATERS; KENTUCKY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RESEARCH FACILITIES; RESISTANT CULTIVARS; SOIL WATER; TALL FESCUE; TURF-GRASSES; TURFGRASS; WATER USE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); COLOR; DROUGHT; HYSTERESIS MOTORS; IRRIGATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

COLOR; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FIELD METHOD; GRASS; HYBRID; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SOIL WATER; TENSIOMETER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

ALABAMA; AUBURN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; POA; POA ARACHNIFERA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 67849084978     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-009-0153-4     Document Type: Article

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