Irrigation requirement of rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis) in the subhumid tropics

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 245-259

  Vijayakumar, K R ^a   Dey, S K ^a   Chandrasekhar, T R ^a   Devakumar, A S ^a   Mohankrishna, T ^a   Sanjeeva Rao, P ^b   Sethuraj, M R ^a  

^a RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b Super Computer Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Basin irrigation; Crop coefficient; Drip irrigation; Hevea braxiliensis; Irrigation water requirement; Photosynthesis; Plant water status; Rubber; Soil moisture stress; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MATURITY; RUBBER PRODUCTION; RUBBER TREE; TROPICS;

INDIA, MAHARASHTRA, KONKAM;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0031943079     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(97)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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