The use of high-resolution weighing lysimeters to improve estimates of soil evaporation in drip-irrigated olive orchards

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 791 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 315-320

  Diaz Espejo A ^a   Fernandez J E ^a   Verhoef, A ^b   Knight, J R ^b   Villagarcia L ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Olive orchard; Soil evaporation; Surface resistance; Weighing lysimeter

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049135597     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.791.44     Document Type: Conference Paper

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