Regulated deficit irrigation improved fruit quality and water use efficiency of pear-jujube trees

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-497

  Cui, Ningbo ^a   Du, Taisheng ^b   Kang, Shaozhong ^b   Li, Fusheng ^a,c   Zhang, Jianhua ^d   Wang, Mixia ^a   Li, Zhijun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fruit production; Fruit quality; Pear jujube (Zizyphus jujube Mill.); Regulated deficit irrigation; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION;

FRUIT PRODUCTION; FRUIT QUALITY; REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

FRUITS;

COST ACCOUNTING; FORESTRY; FRUITS; IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; BUDBURST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; MATURATION; SUGAR; VITAMIN; WATER CONTENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ACCOUNTING; FORESTRY; FRUITS; IRRIGATION;

PYRUS; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 40849135546     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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