Potato growth with and without plastic mulch in two typical regions of Northern China

Field Crops Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-129

  Wang, Feng Xin ^a   Feng, Shao Yuan ^a   Hou, Xiao Yan ^a   Kang, Shao Zhong ^a   Han, Jiang Jiang ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Soil temperature; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; POTATO; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER USE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 57049167044     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.07.014     Document Type: Article

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