Biochar enhances yield and quality of tomato under reduced irrigation

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 138, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-44

  Akhtar, Saqib Saleem ^a,b   Li, Guitong ^c   Andersen, Mathias Neumann ^d   Liu, Fulai ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b The Sino Danish Center for Education and Research (SDC)   (China)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biochar; Chlorophyll content index; Fruit quality; Nitrogen; Soil water content; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; FRUITS; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIO CHARS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; FRUIT QUALITY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

IRRIGATION;

CHLOROPHYLL; CROP PRODUCTION; FRUIT; IRRIGATION; MATURATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84896445883     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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