Partial root-zone drying increases WUE, N and antioxidant content in field potatoes

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-131

  Jovanovic, Zorica ^a   Stikic, Radmila ^a   Vucelic Radovic, Biljana ^a   Paukovic, Milena ^a   Brocic, Zoran ^a   Matovic, Gordana ^a   Rovcanin, Sead ^a   Mojevic, Mirjana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; N content; Partial root drying; Solanum tuberosum L.; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; ANTIOXIDANT; CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; DRY MATTER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; POTATO; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77955563870     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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