MICRO-IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FOR POT-IN-POT ORNAMENTAL NURSERY PRODUCTION - Management, Performance, and Applications of Micro Irrigation Systems - page 309

KEYWORDS

• Container nursery

• Cyclic irrigation

• Daily irrigation timing

• Irrigation scheduling

• Micro-irrigation

• Nutrient use efficiency

• Pot in pot

• Set point irrigation

• Socket pot

• Substrate moisture sensor

• Sustainable nursery production

• University of Kentucky

• Water use efficiency

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