Cumulative effect over five years of deficit irrigation on peach yield and quality

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 592, Issue , 2002, Pages 301-307

  Ben Mechlia, N ^a   Ghrab, M ^a   Zitouna, R ^a   Ben Mimoun, M ^a   Masmoudi, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Prunus persica; Quality; RDI; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957155744     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.592.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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