Nutrient management adaptation for dryland maize yields and water use efficiency to long-term rainfall variability in China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1344-1350

  Wang, Xiaobin ^a   Dai, Kuai ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Zhang, Xiaomin ^a   Zhao, Quansheng ^a   Wu, Xueping ^a   Cai, Dianxiong ^a   Hoogmoed, W B ^b   Oenema, O ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dryland; Maize; Northern China; Nutrient management; Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; BEST CHOICE; CATTLE MANURES; DRYLAND; DRYLAND FARMING; EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS; FERTILISERS; GRAIN YIELD; GROWING SEASON; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); MAIZE YIELD; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NORTHERN CHINA; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL DESIGN; RAINFALL CONDITION; RAINFALL PATTERNS; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RAINFED CROP; REDUCED TILLAGE; SOIL WATER; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; MANAGEMENT; MANURES; NUTRIENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

RAIN;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DRYLAND FARMING; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MANURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RAINFALL; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL WATER; SOWING; TILLAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

BOS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77953127968     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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