Soybean and corn

Irrigation of Agricultural Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 477-533

  Heatherly, Larry G ^b   Ray, Jeffery D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Animal feed; Corn; Human consumption; Overhead irrigation; Soybean; Surface irrigation; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation; Water deficit stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102330932     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr30.2ed.c14     Document Type: Chapter

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