Water use and yield of wheat/maize intercropping under alternate irrigation in the oasis field of northwest China

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 426-432

  Yang, Caihong ^a,b   Huang, Gaobao ^a,b   Chai, Qiang ^a,b   Luo, Zhaoxia ^b  

^a Gansu Province Key Laboratory of Aridland Crop Science   (China)

^b GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Maize (Zea mays); Water use efficiency; Wheat (Triticum aestivum); Yield

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; FIELD SURVEY; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; OASIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052802219     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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