Effects of deficit irrigation on growth, yield, and fruit quality of eggplant under semi-arid conditions

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1367-1373

  Kirnak, Halil ^a   Tas, Ismail ^a   Kaya, Cengiz ^a   Higgs, David ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A pan evaporation; Electrolyte leakage; Leaf relative water content; Solanum melangena L.; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; SEMIARID REGION;

MELONGENA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 0036949851     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR02014     Document Type: Article

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