Salinity and water effects on 'Hass' avocado yields

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 253-261

  Oster, James D ^a   Stottlmyer, D E ^a   Arpaia, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloride toxicity; Crop coefficient; Irrigation frequency; Persea americana; Production function; Salt tolerance coefficients

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 34047204974     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.132.2.253     Document Type: Article

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