Assessing yield optimization and water reduction potential for summer-sown and spring-sown maize in Pakistan

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-737

  Iqbal, M Anjum ^a   Bodner, G ^b   Heng, L K ^c   Eitzinger, J ^b   Hassan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Growing season; Irrigation; Maize; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; FIELD CAPACITY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; GROWING SEASON; HIGH YIELD; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; IRRIGATION WATERS; MAIZE; PAKISTAN; PLANT RESPONSE; PRODUCTION LOSS; STRESS LEVELS; STRESS-INDUCED; SUMMER SEASON; USE EFFICIENCY; VAPOUR PRESSURES; WATER DEFICITS; WATER REDUCTION; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WATER-SAVING IRRIGATION; YIELD LOSS; YIELD OPTIMIZATION; YIELD REDUCTION;

ARID REGIONS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW OF WATER; IRRIGATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER RECYCLING;

ARID REGION; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; OPTIMIZATION; SEMIARID REGION; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

PAKISTAN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 76349120370     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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