Organic carrot-lettuce intercropping using mulch and different irrigation levels

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 323-328

  Gomes, Daniela Pinto ^a   de Carvalho, Daniel Fonseca ^a   de Almeida, Wilk Sampaio ^a   Medici, Leonardo Oliveira ^a   Guerra, José Guiherme Marinho ^b  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA AGROBIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Automation; Brazil; Daucus carota L.; Drip irrigation; Family farming; Intercropped; Irrigation levels; Lactuca sativa L.; Mulch; Rotten carrot; Water management; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARROT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIRICIDIA SEPIUM; HARVEST; INTERCROPPING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEGUME; LETTUCE; MONOCULTURE; MULCH; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84896709065     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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