Deficit irrigation influences yield and lycopene content of diploid and triploid watermelon

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 628, Issue , 2003, Pages 147-151

  Leskovar, D I ^a   Bang, H ^a   Kolenda, K ^a   Perkins Veazie, P ^b   Franco, J A ^c  

^a Texas AgriLife Extension Service   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit firmness; Limited irrigation; Seedless watermelon; Subsurface drip irrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879642231     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.628.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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