Direct mechanical effects of wind on crops

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-112

  Cleugh, H A ^a   Miller, J M ^b   Bohm M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Leaf stripping; Lodging; Sandblasting; Thigmorphogenesis; Windbreaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031715391     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006067721039     Document Type: Article

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