Tuber yield, water and fertilizer productivity in early potato as affected by a combination of irrigation and fertilization

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-41

  Ierna, Anita ^a   Pandino, Gaetano ^b   Lombardo, Sara ^b   Mauromicale, Giovanni ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Fertilizer productivity; Irrigation; Irrigation Water Productivity; Solanum tuberosum; Yield

Indexed keywords

COMBINED EFFECT; DRY WEIGHT; ECONOMIC SAVINGS; FERTILIZATION; IRRIGATION WATER PRODUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION WATERS; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL FERTILIZATION; SEMIARID AREA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THRESHOLD LEVELS; TUBER YIELD; YIELD; YIELD COMPONENTS;

ARID REGIONS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMERGENCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FERTILIZER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; POTATO; SEMIARID REGION; TUBER; YIELD RESPONSE;

ITALY; SICILY;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 80054971030     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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