Effect of drip and furrow irrigation and plant spacing on yield of tomato at Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-207

  Yohannes, Fekadu ^a   Tadesse, Teshome ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Emitter; Ethiopia; Lycopersicon esculentum; Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; FURROW IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PLANT SPACING; TOMATO; TOMATO PRODUCTION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD;

DIRE DAWA; ETHIOPIA;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031953070     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(97)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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