Quantifying and reducing the water footprint of rain-fed potato production, part I: Measuring the net use of blue and green water

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-119

  Herath, Indika ^a,b   Green, Steve ^a   Horne, David ^b   Singh, Ranvir ^b   Clothier, Brent ^a,b  

^a Coconut Research Institute ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Drainage; Groundwater; Nitrate leaching; Tension fluxmeter; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; FLUXMETERS; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; NITRATES; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

COST-EFFECTIVE MEANS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; NITRATE ASSIMILATION; NITRATE LEACHING; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY IMPACT;

POTABLE WATER;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84923027821     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.06.026     Document Type: Article

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