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Drip irrigation - Part II -: yelds of tomatoes crops under drip irrigation

In the last paper it was found out that a soil under different drip irrigation intensities had its moisture content distribution in the soil profile also different. So it led to the hippothesis that the development and prodution of cultivated plant under these treatment would be affected, for it is known that the soil moisture content has much to do with the transpiration of the plant and this with the production. The experiment was installed with a test plant, the tomato plant, under drip irrigation at three different intensities: low, medium and high. It led to the conclusion that the plants under low intensity drip irrigation bore more fruit.


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