Design considerations for vegetable crop drip irrigation systems

HortTechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 155-159

  Clark, Gary A ^a   Smajstrla, Allen G ^b  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

irrigation management; microirrigation; water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029971732     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.6.3.155     Document Type: Article

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