Effect of growth stage based irrigation on soil water extraction and water use efficiency of spring safflower cultivars

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• water extraction 99%
• cultivar 98%
• water use efficiency 94%
• soil water 63%
• irrigation 60%
• oil 46%
• water stress 22%
• crop production 21%
• planting 19%
• soil layer 18%
• water use 18%
• effect 18%
• water 18%
• harvest 17%
• evapotranspiration 17%
• field study 17%
• drought 15%
• plain 15%
• sustainability 14%
• aquifer 14%
• crop 14%
• agriculture 14%
• productivity 13%
• rate 6%

Agriculture & Biology

• Carthamus tinctorius 100%
• water use efficiency 75%
• soil water 66%
• irrigation 61%
• developmental stages 55%
• cultivars 45%
• oils 28%
• water 27%
• deficit irrigation 27%
• vegetative growth 20%
• aquifers 15%
• growth habit 13%
• arid lands 12%
• evapotranspiration 11%
• crop production 10%
• water stress 9%
• drought 8%
• planting 8%
• agriculture 8%
• crops 6%
• soil 5%