Fiber sorghum biomass yield, water use efficiency and economic results under different levels of water, using subsurface and surface irrigation systems

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1624-1632

  Sakellariou Makrantonaki, Maria S ^a   Papanikolaou, Christos D ^a   Mygdakos, Efthimios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fiber sorghum; Gross margin; Production cost; Surface and subsurface drip irrigation; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; ENERGY CROP; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; POWER GENERATION; PRODUCTION COST; SORGHUM; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 70349934102     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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