Water use efficiency of dryland maize in the Loess Plateau of China in response to crop management

Field Crops Research

Volumn 163, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-63

  Zhang, Shulan ^a   Sadras, Victor ^b   Chen, Xinping ^c   Zhang, Fusuo ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Maize; Mulching; Rainfall; Soil water at sowing; Tillage; Water use efficiency; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; DRYLAND FARMING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MULCHING; SOIL WATER; SOWING; TILLAGE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84901196775     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.04.003     Document Type: Article

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