Productive and vegetative response to different irrigation and fertilization strategies of an Arbequina olive orchard grown under super-intensive conditions

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 144, Issue , 2014, Pages 33-41

  Rufat, Josep ^a   Villar, Josep M ^b   Pascual, Miquel ^b   Falguera, Víctor ^c   Arbonés, Amadeu ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c Agricultural Knowledge and oInnovation Services (AKIS International)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertigation; Oil yield; Olive tree; Vegetative growth; Virgin olive oil

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; OLIVE OIL; ORCHARDS; POTASSIUM; PRODUCTIVITY; SUBIRRIGATION; WATER SUPPLY;

FERTIGATIONS; OIL YIELD; OLIVE TREE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; VIRGIN OLIVE OIL;

FORESTRY;

DRIP IRRIGATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORCHARD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHRUB;

FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; ORCHARDS; POTASSIUM; PRODUCTIVITY; VOLATILE OIL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84902313303     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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