ABSTRACT:
Soil water measurements (by the neutron method)during the growing season indicated that water use by sunflowers (Helianthus annus L.) compares with water use by corn (Zea mays La). These results suggest that the sunflower's capacity for producing a crop in situations where water stress restricts corn production is because of a drought stress escape mechanism rather than because of lower water requirements.
Footnotes
M. J. Lindstrom is a soil scientist at the North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Morris, Minnesota 56267. D. D. Warney is an associate professor of agronomy, and S. D. Evans is a professor of soils at the University of Minnesota's West Central Experiment Station, Morris. The article is a contribution from the North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory in cooperation with the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, Scientific Journal Society No. 11,735.
- Copyright 1982 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.
Log in using your username and password
Purchase access
In this issue
Jump to section
Related Articles
Cited By...
- No citing articles found.