Yield and water use of eggplants (Solanum melongena L.) under full and deficit irrigation regimes

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1307-1316

  Karam, F ^a   Saliba, R ^b   Skaf, S ^c   Breidy, J ^c   Rouphael, Y ^d   Balendonck, J ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b International Center for Higher Mediterranean Agricultural Studies   (Italy)

^c LEBANESE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Lebanon)

^d LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation intensity; Deficit irrigation timing; Evapotranspiration; Soil water depletion; Water productivity

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; DRY MATTER CONTENT; FIELD CAPACITY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FRUIT RIPENING; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LEBANON; MEAN WEIGHT; OPTIMAL STRATEGIES; PRE-FLOWERING; SEMI-ARID CLIMATE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER DEFICIT; SOIL WATER DEPLETION; SOLANUM MELONGENA; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SAVING; WATER USE; YIELD REDUCTION;

FRUITS; IRRIGATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; DRIP IRRIGATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER USE;

BEKAA VALLEY; BEQAA; LEBANON;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 79956312187     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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