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Performance Assessment of Subsurface Drip Irrigation System Using Pipes of Varying Flexibility

Keywords: Subsurface Drip Irrigation, Date Palm, Arid Region, Pipe Flexibility.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 30 ,  Issue 3

Talat  Farid  Ahmed , Hashim  Nisar  Hashmi , Abdul  Razzaq  Ghumman ,

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