Crop residue cover effects on evaporation, soil water content, and yield of deficit-irrigated corn in west-central Nebraska

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1787-1797

  Van Donk, Simon J ^a   Martin, Derrel L ^b   Irmak, Suat ^b   Melvin, Steve R ^b   Petersen, James L ^b   Davison, Don R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Crop residue; Irrigation; Soil water; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; CORN; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN YIELDS; CROP RESIDUE; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; GRAIN YIELD; GROWING SEASON; HIGHER YIELD; IRRIGATED CORN; IRRIGATION WATERS; NEBRASKA; PUMPING COST; REDUCED TILLAGE; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CROPS; EXPERIMENTS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); TRANSPIRATION; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

BARE SOIL; CROP RESIDUE; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; NEUTRON PROBE; SOIL WATER; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; YIELD RESPONSE;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78649518992     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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