Water use in a sugarcane plantation

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 555-565

  Cabral, Osvaldo M R ^a   Rocha, Humberto R ^b   Gash, John H ^c,d   Ligo, Marcos A V ^a   Tatsch, Jonatan D ^b   Freitas, Helber C ^b   Brasilio, Emília ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Evapotranspiration; Rainfall interception; Soil water deficit; Sugarcane; Yield

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SUGAR CANE; WATER SUPPLY;

AVAILABLE SOIL WATERS; EDDY COVARIANCE; EDDY COVARIANCE METHOD; EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; INTERCEPTION LOSS; RAINFALL INTERCEPTION; SOIL WATER DEFICIT; YIELD;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION;

EID: 84866516507     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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