Crop Water Production Functions—A Review of Available Mathematical Method

Crop water production function is the relationship between obtained marketable yield and the total amount of water used by plant through evapotranspiration. Different mathematical expressions have been derived from field experiments to predict yield knowing water use. Such expressions provide a powerful tool in water allocation optimization. However these functions are commonly confused with the relationship between available water and crop yield. This paper reviews functions that describe crop water production, the context they can be used for, and their strength and weakness.

• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  The Journal of Agricultural Science

• Publication date

  2016-03-11

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Mathematics, Biology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5539/JAS.V8N4P76
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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