Evaluation of soil plant system response to pulsed drip irrigation of an almond tree under sustained stress conditions

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Phogat, V ^a   Skewes, Mark A ^a   Mahadevan, M ^a   Cox, J W ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Almond; Drip irrigation; Modelling; Water balance and salinity; Water productivity; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ALMOND; DRIP IRRIGATION; WATER BALANCE; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER STRESS;

CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SURFACE WATERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER TREATMENT;

DRIP IRRIGATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; ORCHARD; SALINITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84871895593     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2012.11.015     Document Type: Article

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