Adaptation of an Automatic Irrigation-control Tray System for Outdoor Nurseries

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 419-425

  Caceres R ^a   Casadesus J ^a   Marfa O ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; GREENHOUSES; NUTRITION; WATER;

IRRIGATION-CONTROL TRAY METHOD (ICT); NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; TENSIOMETRIC METHOD;

IRRIGATION;

BIOMASS; IRRIGATION; WATER;

EID: 33847002331     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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