Water use efficiency of dryland wheat in the Loess Plateau in response to soil and crop management

Field Crops Research

Volumn 151, Issue , 2013, Pages 9-18

  Zhang, Shulan ^a   Sadras, Victor ^b   Chen, Xinping ^c   Zhang, Fusuo ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SA R and D Institute   (Australia)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Mulching; Soil water at sowing; Sustainability; Tillage; Yield water relationship

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; DEMOGRAPHY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SOWING DATE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER UPTAKE; WHEAT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84881251927     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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