Efficient water use in crop production: Research or re-search?

Limitations to Efficient Water Use in Crop Production

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-27

  Tanner, C B ^a   Sinclair, Thomas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass productivity; Crop production; Irrigation techniques; Soil water content; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102997846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1983.limitationstoefficientwateruse.c1     Document Type: Chapter

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