Irrigation water management for efficient water use in mulched onion

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Abu Awwad, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Evaporation transpiration ratio irrigation; Mulch onion soil evaporation transpiration water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; MULCH; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032809892     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-037x.1999.00304.x     Document Type: Article

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