Soil water dynamics and water use efficiency in spring maize (Zea mays L.) fields subjected to different water management practices on the Loess Plateau, China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 769-775

  Liu, Yi ^a,b,c   Li, Shiqing ^a,b   Chen, Fang ^c   Yang, Shenjiao ^a,b   Chen, Xinping ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Loess plateau; Soil water storage; Spring maize; Water management practice; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; AVAILABLE WATER; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; END OF GROWING SEASONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GRAIN YIELD; HIGH WATER; LIMITING FACTORS; LOESS PLATEAU; MAIZE GROWING SEASON; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; SOIL WATER STORAGE; SPRING MAIZE; STRAW MULCHING; WATER STORAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 76349100699     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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