Sustainable irrigation and nitrogen management of fertigated vegetable crops

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1150, Issue , 2017, Pages 363-378

  Thompson, R B ^a   Incrocci, L ^b   Voogt, W ^c   Pardossi, A ^b   Magan J J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Research Station of Cajamar Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop monitoring; Decision support systems; Optical sensors; Simulation models; Soil analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013213086     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1150.52     Document Type: Article

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