Evaluation of the FAO AquaCrop model for winter wheat on the North China Plain under deficit irrigation from field experiment to regional yield simulation

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-72

  Iqbal, M Anjum ^a   Shen, Yanjun ^a   Stricevic, Ruzica ^b   Pei, Hongwei ^a   Sun, Hongyoung ^a   Amiri, Ebrahim ^c   Penas, Angel ^d   del Rio, Sara ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

AquaCrop model; Deficit irrigation; North China Plain; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; IRRIGATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE;

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WINTER WHEAT;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; LIMITING FACTOR; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER STRESS;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84892645425     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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