Impacts of a gravel-sand mulch and supplemental drip irrigation on watermelon (Citrullus lanatus [Thunb.] Mats. & Nakai) root distribution and yield

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-44

  Xie, Zhong kui ^a   Wang, Ya jun ^a   Wei, Xing hu ^a   Zhang, Zhi shan ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

China; Crop productivity; Gravel sand mulch; Root length density; Water extraction

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL; IRRIGATION; SAND;

CROP PRODUCTIVITY; GRAVEL-SAND MULCH; ROOT LENGTH DENSITY; WATER EXTRACTION;

FRUITS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; FRUIT; GRAVEL; MULCH; RAINFALL; ROOT;

FRUITS; IRRIGATION; SAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 33646261166     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2005.06.013     Document Type: Article

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