Response of taro (Colocasia esculenta L. Schott) landraces to varying water regimes under a rainshelter

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 121, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-112

  Mabhaudhi, T ^a   Modi, A T ^a   Beletse, Y G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drought; Neglected underutilised species; Water use efficiency; Yield

Indexed keywords

COLOCASIA; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; DESTRUCTIVE SAMPLING; DRIP IRRIGATION; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; DRY MASS; LANDRACE; LANDRACES; LEAF AREA INDEX; NEGLECTED UNDERUTILISED SPECIES; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; ROOT LENGTH; SOUTH AFRICA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WATER REGIME; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD; YIELD COMPONENTS;

AGRONOMY; CROPS; DROUGHT; IRRIGATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EFFICIENCY;

AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EMERGENCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; ROOT VEGETABLE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84874576066     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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