Impact of water and nitrogen management strategies on maize yield and water productivity indices under linear-move sprinkler irrigation

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1769-1783

  Rudnick, D R ^a   Irmak, Suat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop water productivity; Crop water use efficiency; Evapotranspiration; Evapotranspiration water use efficiency; Irrigation water use efficiency; Limited irrigation; Maize; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CROP WATER PRODUCTIVITY; CROP WATER USE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION WATER USE EFFICIENCIES; IRRIGATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY; LIMITED IRRIGATIONS; MAIZE;

CROPS; EFFICIENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; RAIN; SUN; WATER SUPPLY;

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION);

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; NITROGEN; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

NEBRASKA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890817043     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13031/trans.56.10215     Document Type: Article

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