Evaluation of the AquaCrop model for simulating yield response of winter wheat to water on the southern Loess Plateau of China

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 821-828

  Zhang, Wanhong ^a   Liu, Wenzhao ^a   Xue, Qingwu ^b   Chen, Jie ^c   Han, Xiaoyang ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Texas A and M AgriLife Research   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

AquaCrop; Loess plateau; Model calibration; Model validation; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

AQUACROP; LOESS PLATEAU; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL VALIDATION; WINTER WHEAT;

BIOMASS; LANDFORMS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; SOIL MOISTURE;

CROPS;

WATER;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL VALIDATION; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL WATER; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANOPY; CHINA; GRAIN YIELD; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PROCESS MODEL; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WINTER WHEAT;

BIOMASS; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TRITICUM; WATER;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84883809122     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.305     Document Type: Article

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