Interannual variation in long-term center pivot-irrigated maize evapotranspiration and various water productivity response indices. I: Grain yield, actual and basal evapotranspiration, irrigation-yield production functions, evapotranspiration-yield production functions, and yield response factors

Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Irmak, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Evapotranspiration water use efficiency; Irrigation water use efficiency; Limited irrigation; Yield production function; Yield response factor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); WATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION WATER USE EFFICIENCIES; IRRIGATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY; LIMITED IRRIGATIONS; YIELD PRODUCTION; YIELD RESPONSE;

IRRIGATION;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; PROFITABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84927759048     PISSN: 07339437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000825     Document Type: Article

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