Drip irrigation of waxy corn (Zea mays L. var. ceratina Kulesh) for production in highly saline conditions

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-220

  Wan, Shuqin ^a   Jiao, Yanping ^b   Kang, Yaohu ^a   Hu, Wei ^a   Jiang, Shufang ^a   Tan, Junli ^c   Liu, Wei ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b Hebei Provincial Academy of Water Resources   (China)

^c NINGXIA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Ningxia Agriculture Comprehensive Development Office   (China)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Saline soil; Soil matric potential; Water and salt management; Waxy corn

Indexed keywords

DRIP EMITTER; DRIP IRRIGATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH MOISTURE; IRRIGATION FREQUENCY; IRRIGATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY; LOW SALINITY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NORTHWEST CHINA; ROOT ZONE; SALINE CONDITIONS; SALINE SOIL; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL MATRIC POTENTIAL; SOIL SALINITY; WAXY CORN; ZEA MAYS;

CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; LEACHING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOILS; VALUE ENGINEERING; WATER SUPPLY;

SUBIRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DRIP IRRIGATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LEACHING; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MATRIC POTENTIAL; SALINITY; SATURATION;

CHINA; NINGXIA HUIZU;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84855832812     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.12.020     Document Type: Article

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