Sap flow measurements in fruit trees -advantages and shortfalls of currently used systems

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 449, Issue , 1997, Pages 267-272

  Braun, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cermak system; Granier system; Heat balance; Heat pulse; Irrigation scheduling; Modelling; Water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006699670     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.449.38     Document Type: Conference Paper

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