Effect of water management on dry seeded and puddled transplanted rice. Part 2: Water balance and water productivity.

Field Crops Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-132

  Sudhir Yadav, ^a   Humphreys, E ^b   Kukal, S S ^c   Gill, Gurjeet ^a   Rangarajan, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Deep drainage; Evapotranspiration; Irrigation schedule; Runoff; Seepage; Soil water tension

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DRAINAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RICE; SEEPAGE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL WATER; TENSION; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

EID: 78249260916     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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