Drip-irrigation management for watermelon in a humid region

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-340

  Clark, G A ^a,c   Maynard, D N ^b   Stanley, C D ^b  

^a Kansas State University

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Evapotranspiration; Irrigation scheduling; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUITS; RAIN; SCHEDULING;

DRIP IRRIGATION; HUMID REGION; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; PENMAN REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; WATERMELON;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 0030147056     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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