Effects of drip irrigation regimes on tomato fruit yield and water use efficiency

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 3-4 PART 1, 2010, Pages 709-713

  Zhai, Y M ^a   Shao, X H ^a   Xing, W G ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Hung, T T ^b   Xu, H L ^c  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Southern Institute of Water Resources Research   (Viet Nam)

^c International Nature Farming Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Irrigation schedule; Irrigation water use efficiency; Yield

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHINA; EXPERIMENT; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE; GROWTH CURVE; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT WATER USE; PLANT YIELD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOMATO; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 78751609755     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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