Water relations, photosynthesis, growth, and yield of 'Braeburn' apples under reduced irrigation applied at different stages of the growing season

Gartenbauwissenschaft

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 267-273

  Kilili, A W ^a,b   Behboudian, M H ^a   Mills, Tessa M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

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MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030448441     PISSN: 0016478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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