Sensitivity of continuous and discrete plant and soil water status monitoring in peach trees subjected to deficit irrigation

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 437-444

  Goldhamer, David A ^a   Fereres, Elias ^b   Mata, Merce ^c   Girona, Joan ^c   Cohen, Moshe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Deficit irrigation; Linear variable displacement transducer (LVDT); Photosynthesis; Plant water potential; Trunk diameter fluctuations; Water stress

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0032987234     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.124.4.437     Document Type: Article

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