Production and quality of the onion crop (Allium cepa L.) cultivated under controlled deficit irrigation conditions in a semi-arid climate

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-89

  Martin De Santa Olalla F ^a   Dominguez Padilla A ^a   Lopez R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Tecnico Agronomico Provincial de Albacete   (Spain)

Author keywords

Controlled deficit irrigation; Onion; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; WATER QUALITY;

BUBLIFICATION; CROP CYCLE; RIPENING STAGES; WATER INTAKE;

IRRIGATION;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 2542545814     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.02.011     Document Type: Article

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