Partitioning evapotranspiration, yield prediction and economic returns of maize under various irrigation management strategies

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-39

  Paredes, P ^a   Rodrigues, G C ^a   Alves, I ^a   Pereira, L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; Dual crop coefficients; Economic water productivity ratio; Soil evaporation; Stewarts' water yield models; Transpiration; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

BASAL CROP COEFFICIENTS; CROP COEFFICIENT; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; SOIL EVAPORATIONS; WATER PRODUCTIVITY;

CROPS; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; TRANSPIRATION; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

CALIBRATION; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROFITABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84892504022     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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