Effects of different irrigation programs on the growth, yield, and fruit quality of drip-irrigated melon

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-255

  Yildirim, Osman ^a   Halloran, Nilgün ^a   Çavuşoǧlu, Şeyda ^a   Şengül, Neslihan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Fruit quality; Ki dotless rka a ; Melon; Water use efficiency; Yield

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; EFFICIENCY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUITS; IODINE COMPOUNDS; IRRIGATION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER SUPPLY;

DRIP IRRIGATION; FRUIT QUALITY; MELON; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD;

PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

DRIP IRRIGATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; RIPENING; SEMIARID REGION; TRANSPLANTATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD;

ANATOLIA; ANKARA [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 70350371588     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-0806-19     Document Type: Article

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