High-yield irrigated maize in the Western U.S. Corn Belt: II. Irrigation management and crop water productivity

Field Crops Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-141

  Grassini, Patricio ^a   Yang, Haishun ^b   Irmak, Suat ^a   Thorburn, John ^c   Burr, Charles ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c Tri Basin Natural Resources District   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Irrigation water use efficiency; Maize; Simulation model; Water productivity; Yield; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; DATABASE; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; RAINFALL; SOIL PROPERTY; SOYBEAN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78249272670     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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