Effect of alternate irrigation on root-divided foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-213

  Heidari Zooleh, H ^a   Jahansooz, M R ^a   Yunusa, I ^b   Hosseini, S M B ^a   Chaichi, M R ^a   Jafari, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Irrigation methods; Relative water content; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

SETARIA (PLANT); SETARIA ITALICA;

EID: 79952136442     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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