Optimal coupling combinations between irrigation frequency and rate for drip-irrigated maize grown on sandy soil

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 439-448

  El Hendawy, Salah E ^a   Schmidhalter, Urs ^b  

^a University of Suez Canal   (Egypt)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; Evapotranspiration; Grain yield; Maize; Sandy soil; Seasonal yield response factor (ky); Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

DEFICIT IRRIGATION; GRAIN YIELD; SANDY SOILS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; OPTIMIZATION; SAND; SOILS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

CROP PRODUCTION; DRIP IRRIGATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MAIZE; SANDY SOIL; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 72449129113     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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