On-farm system design and operation and land management

Irrigation of Agricultural Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 133-179

  Trout, Thomas J ^a   Kincaid, Dennis C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Land management; Microirrigation systems; On farm system design; Sprinkler systems; Surface system selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102329210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr30.2ed.c5     Document Type: Chapter

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