Water saving irrigation strategies for processing tomato

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 823, Issue , 2009, Pages 69-76

  Battilani, A ^a   Solimando, D ^a   Jensen, C R ^b   Plauborg, F L ^c   Andersen, M N ^c   Sandei, L ^d  

^a Consorzio Bonifica CER ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d SSICA Tomato and Vegetables Dept   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; NUE; Partial rootzone drying; WUE

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 70350105462     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.823.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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