Plant water status as an index of irrigation need in deciduous fruit trees

HortTechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-29

  Shackel, Kenneth A ^a   Ahmadi, H ^a   Biasi, W ^a   Buchner, R ^a   Goldhamer, D ^a   Gurusinghe, S ^a   Hasey, J ^a   Kester, D ^a   Krueger, B ^a   Lampinen, B ^a   McGourty, G ^a   Micke, W ^a   Mitcham, E ^a   Olson, B ^a   Pelletrau, K ^a   Philips, H ^a   Ramos, D ^a   Schwankl, L ^a   Sibbett, S ^a   Snyder, R ^a   Southwick, S ^a   Stevenson, M ^a   Thorpe, M ^a   Weinbaum, S ^a   Yeager, J ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

midday stem water potential; pressure chamber

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0030937383     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.7.1.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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