Review of Crop Water Productivity values for tomato, potato, melon, watermelon and cantaloupe in Iran

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-436

  Rashidi, Majid ^a   Gholami, Mohammad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cantaloupe; Crop water productivity; Iran; Melon; Potato; Tomato; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 49449110976     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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