Agronomic and economic evaluation of irrigation strategies on cotton lint yield in Australia

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 647-655

  Cammarano, Davide ^a,f   Payero, Joś ^b   Basso, Bruno ^a,c,d   Wilkens, Paul ^e   Grace, Peter ^a,d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development   (United States)

^f University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRONOMY; COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84867641354     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP12024     Document Type: Article

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