Soil water requirements of tissue-cultured Dwarf Cavendish banana (Musa spp. L)

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue 8-13, 2008, Pages 768-774

  Shongwe, V D ^a   Tumber, R ^a   Masarirambi, M T ^a   Mutukumira, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

Banana; Soil water requirement; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ARID REGIONS; FORESTRY; FRUIT JUICES; FRUITS; IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; TISSUE CULTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

BANANA; FRUIT CROPS; IRRIGATION REGIMES; LEAF AREA; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF LENGTH; MUSA SPP.; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANTLETS; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOIL WATER REQUIREMENT; SOIL-WATER; WATER REQUIREMENTS;

TISSUE;

CROP YIELD; FRUIT; IRRIGATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; PROPAGULE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; VIGOR;

MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 48749103464     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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