Effect of air injection under subsurface drip irrigation on yield and water use efficiency of corn in a sandy clay loam soil

Journal of Advanced Research

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 493-499

  Abuarab, Mohamed ^a   Mostafa, Ehab ^a   Ibrahim, Mohamed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Air injection; Corn; Drip irrigation; Subsurface drip irrigation; WUE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885836404     PISSN: 20901232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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