Irrigation scheduling of peach trees (Prunus persica L.) by continuous measurement of soil water status;Progmación del riego en melocotoneros (Prunus persica L.) mediante medición continua del status hídrico del suelo

Agrociencia

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 857-868

  Mounzer, Oussama H ^a   Vera, Juan ^a,b   Tapia, Luis M ^c   García Orellana, Yelitza ^d   Conejero, Wenceslao ^a   Abrisqueta, Isabel ^a   Ruiz Sánchez, Ma Carmen ^a,b   Abrisqueta García, José Ma ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UPCT   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTROCCIDENTAL LISANDRO ALVARADO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Capacitance probe; Drip irrigation scheduling; Prunus persica L. Batsch; Soil water content measurement; Soil plant water relationship

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 59549102885     PISSN: 14053195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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