Water stress responses of almond [Prunus dulcis (Mill.) webb.] trees under field conditions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 470, Issue , 1998, Pages 309-316

  Shackel, K ^a   Gurusinghe, S ^a   Kester, D ^a   Micke , W ^a  

^a Department of Pomology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure chamber irrigation growth stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0006619124     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.470.43     Document Type: Article

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