Water use, transpiration, and crop coefficients for olives (cv. Cordovil), grown in orchards in Southern Portugal

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-333

  Ramos, Alice F ^a   Santos, Francisco L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; EXTRACTION; FORESTRY; ORCHARDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; SCHEDULING; SOIL MOISTURE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; IRRIGATION WATERS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION; SOIL WATER STATUS; SUSTAINED DEFICIT IRRIGATIONS;

IRRIGATION;

OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE;

EID: 60349110473     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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