Water availability in three artificial substrates during Prunus xcistena growth: Variable threshold values

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 931-936

  Caron, J ^a   Xu, H L ^b   Bernier, P Y ^c   Duchesne, I ^d   Tardif, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Intl Nature Farming Research Ctr   (Japan)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Bureau B 219   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Soil root interface; Stomatal conductance; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; Xylem water potential

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS CISTENA;

EID: 0031829945     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.123.5.931     Document Type: Article

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