Combining cover cropping with deficit irrigation in a Mediterranean low vigor vineyard

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-612

  Lopes, Carlos M ^a   Santos, Tiago P ^b   Monteiro, Ana ^a   Rodrigues, M Lucília ^a   Costa, Joaquim M ^a   Chaves, M Manuela ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cover cropping; Deficit irrigation; Grapevine; Partial rootzone drying; Soil tillage

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARID REGION; COVER CROP; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION; RESEARCH WORK; ROOTING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE; VINE; VINEYARD; YIELD RESPONSE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

VITACEAE; VITIS;

EID: 79960391096     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.04.033     Document Type: Article

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