Nebraska agricultural water management demonstration network (NAWMDN): Integrating research and extension/outreach

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 599-613

  Irmak, S ^a   Rees, J M ^b   Zoubek, G L ^b   Van DeWalle, B S ^b   Rathje, W R ^c   DeBuhr, R ^d   Leininger, D ^d   Siekman, D D ^b   Schneider, J W ^b   Christiansen, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c University of Nebraska Lincoln   (United States)

^d Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation management; Reference and crop evapotranspiration; Soil moisture; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; DEMONSTRATION PROJECT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY SAVING; FIELD RESEARCH; HIGH YIELD; HIGH-QUALITY RESEARCH; INTEGRATING RESEARCH; INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMS; IRRIGATED LANDS; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION WATERS; NEBRASKA; OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS; OR-NETWORKS; PLANT GROWTH STAGES; PLANT PRODUCTION; PLANT WATER; POLICY CHANGES; REFERENCE AND CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN; WATER AND ENERGIES;

CROPS; DEMONSTRATIONS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; LABORATORIES; MANAGEMENT; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PROFITABILITY; RESEARCH; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 77957195393     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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