Proposed model for efficient water management at Razmgan irrigation project, a semi-arid region in Khorasan, Iran

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3203-3216

  Fatemi, Seyed Mahdi ^a   Mohammed, Thamer Ahmed ^a   Soom, Mohd Amin Bin Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Agriculture income; Cropping pattern; Optimal water release; Sensitive growth stages; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960818621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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