Soil water uptake patterns of Pecan trees grown in coarse gravelly soils

HortTechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 402-408

  Sorensen, Ronald B ^a   Jones, Tim L ^b  

^a NATIONAL PEANUT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carya illinoensis; Effective root depth; Irrigation; Water content; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

CARYA ILLINOENSIS; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS;

EID: 0033008140     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.9.3.402     Document Type: Article

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