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Published online 6 February 2007
Published in Agron J 99:346-360 (2007)
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0148
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Integrated Irrigated Crop–Livestock Systems in Dry Climates

V. G. Allena,*, M. T. Bakerb, E. Segarrac and C. P. Browna

a Dep. of Plant and Soil Sci., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409
b Dep. of Agric. Educ. and Communications, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409
c Dep. of Agric. and Appl. Econ., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX 79409


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Fig. 1. Global distribution of nonpolar arid and semiarid land (adapted from USGS, 1997).

 

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Fig. 2. The Ogallala Aquifer of the U.S. High Plains.

 

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Fig. 3. System design for a cotton monoculture and an integrated cotton–forage–livestock system (adapted from Allen et al., 2005).

 

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Fig. 4. Precipitation and temperature during Year 6, 7, and 8 comparing a cotton monoculture with an integrated cotton–forage–livestock system and the long-term precipitation (1911–2004) and temperature (1971–2000) for Lubbock, TX (about 16 km from research site).

 





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