Drought tolerance of clonal Malus determined from measurements of stomatal conductance and leaf water potential

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 557-563

  Atkinson, C J ^a   Policarpo, M ^a   Webster, A D ^a   Kingswell, G ^a  

^a HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Irrigation; Malus domestica; Rootstock; Soil water deficits

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0034177088     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.8.557     Document Type: Article

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