Estimating evapotranspiration by capacitance and neutron probes in a drip-irrigated apricot orchard

Interciencia

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 586-590

  Mounzer, Oussama Hussein ^a,b   Hernández, Rodolfo Mendoza ^c,d   Villena, Isabel Abrisqueta ^b,e,f   Muñoz, Juan Vera ^b   Ruiz Sánchez, María C ^b,c,g   Vargas, Luis M Tapia ^h   Arnaldos, Virgilio Plana ^c,i,j   García, José Ma Abrisqueta ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^c UPCT ^*  (Spain)

^d Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^g Biology UMU   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

ⁱ Centros Integrados de Formatión y Experiencias Agrarias   (Spain)

^j UPCT CEBAS ^*  (Spain)

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Author keywords

Apricot tree; Capacitance probe; Drip irrigation; Evapotranspiration; Soil water balance

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 54849404496     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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