Management of crop water under drought: a review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 401-442

  Bodner, Gernot ^a   Nakhforoosh, Alireza ^a   Kaul, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crop ecology; Drought resistance; Plant soil interactions; Root system; Water management; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; DROUGHT; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER USE;

EID: 84925806010     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-015-0283-4     Document Type: Review

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