Subsurface drip irrigation emitter spacing effects on soil water redistribution, corn yield, and water productivity

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-399

  Arbat, G P ^a   Lamm, F R ^b   Abou Kheira, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Irrigation design; Microirrigation; Soil water movement; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CORN GRAIN YIELD; CORN YIELDS; FIELD STUDIES; IRRIGATION DESIGN; IRRIGATION REGIMES; KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY; MICROIRRIGATION; SILT LOAM SOILS; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; SUBSURFACE DRIP IRRIGATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD COMPONENTS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PRODUCTIVITY; SILT; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

SUBIRRIGATION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954717648     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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