Using DSSAT model to assess spring wheat and maize water use in the arid oasis of Northwest China

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 911-918

  Wang, Shufen ^a,b,c   Li, Huilong ^a,c   Yang, Yonghui ^a   Wang, Huijun ^b   Yang, Yanmin ^a   Jia, Yongguo ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CEREAL AND OIL CROPS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Hebei Extension and Experiment Center for Water Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Drainage; DSSAT model; Irrigation scheduling; Soil water evaporation; Spring wheat maize; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SOIL WATER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHINA; CROP; CROPPING SYSTEM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AGRO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FALLOW; GRAIN YIELD; HARVEST; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; PLANT WATER USE; PRECIPITATION; SPRING WHEAT; WATER LOSS; WINTER;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863160558     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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