Root aeration improves yield and water use efficiency of tomato in heavy clay and saline soils

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 278-288

  Bhattarai, Surya P ^a   Pendergast, Lance ^a   Midmore, David J ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aeration; Lycopersicon esculentum; Salinity; Subsurface drip irrigation; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

AERATION; CHLOROPHYLL; FRUIT PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; MOISTURE; POROSITY; ROOT; SALINITY; SODIC SOIL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER STRESS; YIELD;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33646043731     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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