Water table management: Subirrigation and controlled drainage

Agricultural Drainage

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 695-718

  Skaggs, R Wayne ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled drainage; Crop yield; Drainage water; Steady state mode; Subirrigation drainage; Transient mode; Water table management

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103026005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780891182306.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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