Evaluating a new ridge and furrow rainfall harvesting system with two types of mulches

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 356-364

  Gosar, Borut ^a   Tajnšek, Anton ^a   Udovč, Andrej ^a   Baričevič, Dea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Economics; Irrigation; Mulches; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

EID: 77955079044     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.468     Document Type: Article

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