Regulated deficit irrigation scheduling of onion in a semiarid region of Ethiopia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 148-152

  Bekele, Samson ^a   Tilahun, Ketema ^b  

^a Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; Ethiopia; Growth stages; Onion; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CROPS; GROWTH KINETICS;

DEFICIT IRRIGATION; GROWTH STAGES; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

IRRIGATION;

ARID REGIONS; CROPS; GROWTH KINETICS; IRRIGATION;

CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; ROOT VEGETABLE; SEMIARID REGION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

FARM CROPS; GROWTH; IRRIGATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 33847328417     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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