Responses of sweet cherry water use and productivity and soil quality to alternate groundcover and irrigation systems

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1020, Issue , 2014, Pages 331-338

  Long, L E ^a   Yin, X ^b   Huang, X L ^b   Jaja, N ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Lapins'; Drip irrigation; Irrigation water use; Leaf nutrient concentrations; Straw mulch; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899584786     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2014.1020.46     Document Type: Conference Paper

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