Water utilization, plant hydraulic properties and xylem vulnerability in three contrasting coffee (Coffea arabica) cultivars

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 159-168

  Tausend, Peter C ^a   Goldstein, Guillermo ^b   Meinzer, Frederick C ^c  

^a NATIONAL TROPICAL BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydraulic architecture; Hydraulic conductance; Sap flow; Water deficits; Water relations

Indexed keywords

COFFEA ARABICA;

EID: 0034143438     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.3.159     Document Type: Article

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