J. D. H. Keatinge

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of fertilizer and location on the water use of two contrasting varieties of barley were studied in Northern Syria using a neutron probe, and the observed patterns of soil moisture dynamics and crop water use were typical of those previously observed in Mediterranean-type environments.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple technique is described whereby standard field measurements of crop evapotranspiration (ET), evaporation from an uncropped soil (ES), green area index (G), the crop extinction coefficient (K) and above ground dry matter production (TDM) are manipulated to compute the seasonal variation in crop transpiration (T), EVAP from the soil beneath the crop (ESC) and transpiration efficiency (TE), and this was illustrated using data from a trial in which wheat (c.v. Mexipak) and barley (

TL;DR: Two varieties of barley, Arabic Abiad and Beecher, were grown both with and without fertilizer at two sites with differing rainfall in Aleppo province, Northern Syria; Jindiress received 417 mm rainfall and Breda 285 mm and the addition of fertilizer doubled shoot weight and green area by the beginning of stem extension in both varieties.

TL;DR: Growth and water use of kabuli-type chickpea was measured during the 1982/83 and 1983/84 growing seasons in northern Syria under rainfed conditions and comparison between seasons showed that the relations could not be used predictively.

TL;DR: Improved management compared with traditional practices common in northern Syria for growing field bean, chickpea, lentil, peas, peas and vetch was shown to increase significantly the crop nitrogen uptake and subsequent protein yields in either hay, grain or straw.