Crop response of drought-tolerant and conventional maize hybrids in a semiarid environment

Irrigation Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 231-244

  Mounce, Ryan B ^a   O’Shaughnessy, Susan A ^b   Blaser, Brock C ^a   Colaizzi, Paul D ^b   Evett, Steven R ^b  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DROUGHT; IRRIGATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN PRODUCTION; CROP WATER USE; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; IRRIGATION AMOUNTS; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

COMMODITY; CROP PERFORMANCE; DROUGHT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; MAIZE; SEMIARID REGION; TOLERANCE; WATER RESOURCE; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

GREAT PLAINS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84961199956     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-016-0497-5     Document Type: Article

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