Crop and pan coefficients for saffron in a semi-arid region of Iran

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-278

  Azizi Zohan, A ^a   Kamgar Haghighi, A A ^a   Sepaskhah, A R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Crocus sativus; Crop coefficient; Growing season; Potential evapotranspiration; Water requirement

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; HERB; MONOCOTYLEDON; SEMIARID REGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 36348968828     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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