Crop coefficients for mature peach trees are well correlated with midday canopy light interception

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 537, Issue , 2000, Pages 455-460

  Johnson, R S ^a   Ayars, J ^b   Trout, T ^b   Mead, R ^b   Phene, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop coefficient; ET; Evapotranspiration; Light interception; Lysimeter; Peach; Prunus persica

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0005411617     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.537.53     Document Type: Article

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