Single and dual crop coefficients and water requirements for onion (Allium cepa L.) under semiarid conditions

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1031-1036

  Lopez Urrea R ^a   Martin de Santa Olalla F ^b   Montoro, A ^a   Lopez Fuster P ^a  

^a Instituto Tecnico Agronomico Provincial de Albacete   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop evapotranspiration; Dual crop coefficient; Ground cover; Lysimeter; Onion; Single crop coefficient

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EVAPORATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LYSIMETERS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL SURVEYS; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); TRANSPIRATION; VAPORS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WEIGHING;

CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; DUAL CROP COEFFICIENT; GROUND COVER; ONION; SINGLE CROP COEFFICIENT;

CROPS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUND COVER; GROWING SEASON; HERB; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LYSIMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEMIARID REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALLIUM CEPA; HORDEUM; MELIACEAE; PEREIRA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 62249123936     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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