The Effect of Saline Irrigation Water on the Yield of Pepper: Experimental and Modelling Study

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 41-49

  Rameshwaran, Ponnambalam ^a   Tepe, Akin ^b   Yazar, Attila ^c   Ragab, Ragab ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Aksu   (Turkey)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drip irrigation; Greenhouse; Numerical model; Pepper; Salinity; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923261292     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: 15310361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.1867     Document Type: Article

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