Water-use efficiency and evapotranspiration of mango orchard grown in northeastern region of Brazil

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 467-472

  da Silva, Vicente de Paulo Rodrigues ^a   da Cunha Campos, João Hugo Baracuy ^a   de Azevedo, Pedro Vieira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mangifera indica L.; Mango yield; Water requirements

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FARMING SYSTEM; ORCHARD; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 63249085101     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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