The influence of different drip irrigation layout designs on sugar beet yield and their contribution to environmental sustainability

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 818-831

  Dioudis, Paschalis ^a   Filintas, Agathos ^a,b   Papadopoulos, Aristotelis ^c   Sakellariou Makrantonaki, Maria ^d  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aquic soil moisture regime; Drip irrigation layouts; Plastic material reduction; Sugar beet yield; Time domain reflectometry (TDR); Water productivity index (WIP)

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; DRIP IRRIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIELDWORK; PLASTIC; SOIL MOISTURE; SUGAR BEET; SUSTAINABILITY; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

CENTRAL GREECE; GREECE;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 77952761873     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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