Effects of deficit irrigation on biomass, yield, water productivity and fruit quality of processing tomato under semi-arid Mediterranean climate conditions

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 590-596

  Patanè, Cristina ^a   Tringali, Simona ^a   Sortino, Orazio ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; Processing tomato; Total solids; Total soluble solids; Water use efficiency; Yield response factor

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ARID REGION; ASCORBIC ACID; CROP YIELD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; GROWING SEASON; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOMASS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

ITALY;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 80955178323     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.04.030     Document Type: Article

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