Yield response of sugar beets to water stress under Western European conditions

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 346-350

  Shrestha, Nirman ^a   Geerts, Sam ^a   Raes, Dirk ^a   Horemans, Stefaan ^b   Soentjens, Sarah ^b   Maupas, Fabienne ^c   Clouet, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SESVanderHave NV/SA   (Belgium)

^c Institut Technique de la Betterhave (ITB)   (France)

^d Cristal Union ^*  (France)

Author keywords

BUDGET; Crop water productivity; Drought stress; Ky; Model; Soil water balance

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE YIELD; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CROP WATER PRODUCTIVITY; DATA SETS; DROUGHT STRESS; GOODNESS OF FIT; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SOIL WATER BALANCE MODEL; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STANDARD CONDITIONS; WATER STRESS; YIELD DECLINE; YIELD RESPONSE;

BUDGET CONTROL; CROPS; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

SUGAR BEETS;

CROP YIELD; DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL WATER; SUGAR BEET; WATER BUDGET; YIELD RESPONSE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 70449670183     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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