Two-dimensional modeling of water and nitrogen fate from sweet sorghum irrigated with fresh and blended saline waters

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-104

  Ramos, T B ^a   Simunek J ^b   Goncalves M C ^a,c   Martins, J C ^c   Prazeres, A ^c   Pereira, L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Estacao Agronomica Nacional   (Portugal)

Author keywords

HYDRUS 2D; Nitrates leaching; Saline irrigation water; Sorghum yields

Indexed keywords

DRIP IRRIGATION; DRY BIOMASS; FERTIGATIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HYDRUS-2D; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; IRRIGATION WATERS; MEASURED DATA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LEACHING; NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT ZONE; ROOT-WATER UPTAKE; SALINE IRRIGATION; SALINITY STRESS; SALTY WATER; SOIL SALINIZATION; SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH; SORGHUM YIELDS; SWEET SORGHUM; WATER REQUIREMENTS;

IRRIGATION; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY;

NITROGEN;

CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; LEACHING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SOIL WATER; SORGHUM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER DEMAND; WATER UPTAKE;

EUROPE;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84862755952     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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