Simulation of crop water and mineral relations in greenhouse soilless culture

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 711-722

  Massa, D ^a   Incrocci, L ^a   Maggini, R ^a   Bibbiani, C ^a   Carmassi, G ^a   Malorgio, F ^a   Pardossi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Closed growing systems; Fertigation; Modelling; NaCl salinity; Nitrate; Solanum lycopersicum L.

Indexed keywords

CLOSED GROWING SYSTEMS; FERTIGATION; MODELLING; NACL SALINITY; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM L.;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; CULTIVATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTS; GREENHOUSES; IONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HYDROPONICS; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; LEAF AREA INDEX; MASS BALANCE; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SALINITY; SIMULATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WATER UPTAKE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 79951724795     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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