Response of tomato to partial rootzone drying and deficit irrigation

Revista Fitotecnia Mexicana

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-131

  Zegbe, Jorge A ^a   Behboudian, M Hossein ^b   Clothier, Brent E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Blossom end rot; Dry biomass partitioning; Fruit yield and quality; Lycopersicon esculentum; Plant water status

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 54049140379     PISSN: 01877380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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