Crop coefficient and evaptranspiration of onion at Awash Melkassa, Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

Irrigation and Drainage Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Bossie, Mengistu ^a   Tilahun, Ketema ^b,d   Hordofa, Tilahun ^c  

^a Meki Agricultural Office   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c Melkassa Agricultural Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^d CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awash Melkassa; Crop coefficient; Ethiopia; Lysimeter; Onion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AWASH MELKASSA; CROP COEFFICIENT; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; ETHIOPIA; GROWTH STAGES; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; ONION; RIFT VALLEY; THIRD-ORDER; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER SAVING; WATER USE; WEATHER DATA;

LYSIMETERS; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; LYSIMETER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 61349131961     PISSN: 01686291     EISSN: 15730654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10795-009-9059-9     Document Type: Article

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