Crop coefficient-based deficit irrigation and planting density for onion: Growth, yield, and bulb quality

HortScience

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Leskovar, Daniel I ^a   Agehara, Shinsuke ^a   Yoo, Kilsun ^b   Pascual Seva, Nuria ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Bulb size; Evapotranspiration; Flavonoids; Pungency; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 84855959260     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.47.1.31     Document Type: Article

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