Abstract:<p>Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), grown under greenhouse in Ecuador, has a major weight in the farmers&#8217; income in regions with water scarcity. In the one hand, these areas show&#160; small water&#160; use efficiency &#160;caused by the non-technical criteria in the design of drip irrigation systems. On the other hand, farmers are unknown of the tomato water requirements, and do not know how to determine them. Moreover, they do not know how much water apply… Show more
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