Precision irrigation and harvest management in orchards: an economic assessment

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Precision irrigation and harvest management in orchards : an economic assessment. / Tamirat, Tseganesh Wubale; Pedersen, Søren Marcus.

In: Journal of Central European Agriculture, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2019, p. 1009-1022.

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Tamirat, TW & Pedersen, SM 2019, 'Precision irrigation and harvest management in orchards: an economic assessment', Journal of Central European Agriculture, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 1009-1022. https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/20.3.2160

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Tamirat, T. W., & Pedersen, S. M. (2019). Precision irrigation and harvest management in orchards: an economic assessment. Journal of Central European Agriculture, 20(3), 1009-1022. https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/20.3.2160

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Tamirat TW, Pedersen SM. Precision irrigation and harvest management in orchards: an economic assessment. Journal of Central European Agriculture. 2019;20(3):1009-1022. https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/20.3.2160

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Tamirat, Tseganesh Wubale ; Pedersen, Søren Marcus. / Precision irrigation and harvest management in orchards : an economic assessment. In: Journal of Central European Agriculture. 2019 ; Vol. 20, No. 3. pp. 1009-1022.

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