New crop coefficients developed for high-yield processing tomatoes

Processing tomato yields have increased by 53% over the past 35 years, but the current seasonal crop-evapotranspiration requirements that growers use to schedule irrigation are based on 1970s-era data. We updated this data and developed new crop coefficients for processing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Blaine Hanson, Donald M. May
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 2006-04-01
Series:California Agriculture
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Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v060n02p95