Evaluating a nonionic surfactant as a tool to improve water availability in irrigated cotton

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2326-2334

  Sullivan, D G ^a   Nuti, R C ^b   Truman, C C ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Nonionic surfactant; Rainfall simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; APPLICATION RATES; COASTAL PLAIN; COTTON (GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L.); CROP YIELD; FIELD TRIAL; GEORGIA; HIGH RATE; IRRIGATED COTTON; LOAMY SAND; RAINFALL SIMULATION; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SURFACE SEALING; SURFACTANT APPLICATIONS; SURFACTANT INTERACTION; TURF-GRASSES; TWO-COMPONENT; UNTREATED CONTROL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER LOSS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRONOMY; CLARIFICATION; COTTON; CROPS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

NONIONIC SURFACTANTS;

COTTON; INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; REMEDIATION; RUNOFF; SIMULATION; SOIL WATER; SURFACTANT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 68749107202     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7330     Document Type: Article

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