Determination of lower limits for irrigation management using in situ assessments of apparent crop water uptake made with volumetric soil water content sensors

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 13-28

  Thompson, R B ^a   Gallardo, M ^a   Valdez, L C ^b   Fernandez M D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c Cajamar Experimental Station 'Las Palmerillas'   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capacitance sensor; EnviroSCAN; Irrigation scheduling; LVDT; Soil moisture sensors; Threshold; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE SENSOR; DAILY SOIL WATER LOSS (DSWL); ENVIROSCAN; LVDT;

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

IRRIGATION;

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER CONTENT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; SENSOR; SOIL WATER; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE;

CUCUMIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34447525240     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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