Temporal variation of soil moisture under alley cropping system in pistachio in semi-arid region of Turkey

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 601-605

  Gündoǧan, Recep ^a   Merdun, Hasan ^b   Demirkiran, Ali Riza ^c   Hall, Nigel ^d   Aǧtürk, Resul ^a   Erol, Adem ^a   Erşahin, Sabit ^e  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Turkey)

^c HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BINGOL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Faculty of Forestry   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alley cropping; Pistachio; Soil moisture; Soil moisture deficit; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 77956855045     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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