Optimizing the Sowing Date and Irrigation Strategy to Improve Maize Yield by Using CERES (Crop Estimation through Resource and Environment Synthesis)-Maize Model

Optimizing the Sowing Date and Irrigation Strategy to Improve Maize Yield by Using CERES (Crop Estimation through Resource and Environment Synthesis)-Maize Model

Summer maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) is a widely cultivated crop in the arid and semi-arid Guanzhong region of China. However, due to the spatial and temporal variation in rainfall, the seasonal maize yield varies substantially and occasionally is not economical for poor farmers to produce....

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Main Authors: Qaisar Saddique, Huanjie Cai, Wajid Ishaque, Hui Chen, Henry Wai Chau, Muhammad Umer Chattha, Muhammad Umair Hassan, Muhammad Imran Khan, Jianqiang He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
CERES-maize
Summer maize
Sowing date
Irrigation strategy
Guanzhong Plain
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/9/2/109

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