Optimizing the yield of winter wheat by regulating water consumption during vegetative and reproductive stages under limited water supply

Irrigation Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1103-1112

  Zhang, Xiying ^a   Wang, Yanzhe ^a,b   Sun, Hongyong ^a   Chen, Suying ^a   Shao, Liwei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION PRACTICES; LIMITED IRRIGATIONS; LIMITED WATER SUPPLIES; REPRODUCTIVE STAGE; ROOT LENGTH DENSITY; SEASONAL IRRIGATION; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL; WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

CROPS; GROUNDWATER; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE; WHEAT;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84881609915     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-012-0391-8     Document Type: Article

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