Withholding of drip irrigation between transplanting and flowering increases the yield of field-grown tomato under plastic mulch

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Ngouajio, Mathieu ^a   Wang, Guangyao ^a   Goldy, Ronald ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation water use efficiency; Plasticulture; Tomato; Withholding drip irrigation

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; RAIN;

DRIP IRRIGATION; PLASTICULTURE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

IRRIGATION;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; IRRIGATION; RAIN;

CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; FRUIT; MULCHING; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CULTIVATION; FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; RAIN; TOMATOES;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33846062851     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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