Water use efficiency of dryland cowpea, sorghum and sunflower under reduced tillage

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-84

  Moroke, T S ^a   Schwartz, R C ^b   Brown, K W ^c   Juo, A S R ^c  

^a Department of Animal Production   (Botswana)

^b Conservation and Production Research Laboratory ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; No tillage; Soil water deficit index; Stubble mulch tillage

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; AVAILABLE WATER CONTENTS; CROP WATER USE; CROP YIELD; DRAINAGE RATE; DRYLAND; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRAIN YIELD; GRAIN YIELD RESPONSE; GROWING SEASON; NEUTRON MOISTURE; NO TILLAGE; REDUCED TILLAGE; REDUCED TILLAGE SYSTEMS; RESIDUAL SOIL; SEMI-ARID REGION; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DEFICIT INDEX; SOIL WATER STORAGE; SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH; SPLIT-PLOT; STUBBLE MULCH TILLAGES; TEXAS , USA; TILLAGE EFFECTS; TILLAGE SYSTEM; TILLAGE TREATMENT; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; WATER USE; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY; WINTER WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; ARID REGIONS; CROPS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CROP YIELD; DRAINAGE; DROUGHT STRESS; DRYLAND FARMING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; HERB; LEGUME; MATURATION; MOISTURE; MULCH; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; SORGHUM; STABILIZATION; TILLAGE; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

HELIANTHUS; SORGHUM BICOLOR; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 78651488979     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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