Effects of inefficient spatial allocation of irrigation water on fruit yield, leaf physiology and spectral reflectance in a tomato crop

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1038, Issue , 2014, Pages 185-192

  Marino, S ^a   Alvino, A ^a   Cocozza, C ^a   Tognetti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leaf photosynthesis; Mediterranean agro ecosystems; Over irrigation; Solanum lycopersicum L.; Tomato yield; Vegetation indexes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905052052     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2014.1038.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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