An FAO type crop factor modification to SWB for inclusion of crops with limited data: Examples for vegetable crops

Water SA

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-189

  Jovanovic, N Z ^a   Annandale, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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