Evaluating irrigation strategies for lettuce by simulation: 1. Water flow simulations

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 249-265

  Leenhardt, D ^a   Lafolie, F ^a   Bruckler, L ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Climatic variability; Irrigation; Model; Percolation; Soil water; Stochastic analysis

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; LETTUCE;

LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0031597344     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1161-0301(97)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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