Onion yield and quality response to two irrigation scheduling strategies

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-305

  Enciso, Juan ^a   Wiedenfeld, Bob ^a   Jifon, John ^a   Nelson, Shad ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation scheduling; Onion; Quality; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATER LEVEL; WATER STRESS;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE VALLEY;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 60949096130     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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