Optimized single irrigation can achieve high corn yield and water use efficiency in the Corn Belt of Northeast China

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-24

  Li, Zizhong ^a   Sun, Zenghui ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corn; Crop yield; Irrigation water use efficiency; RZWQM2; Single irrigation; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION; MAIZE; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84953880827     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2015.12.015     Document Type: Article

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