Factors controlling transpiration of mature field-grown tea and its relationship with yield

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-386

  Anandacoomaraswamy, A ^a   De Costa, W A J M ^b   Shyamalie, H W ^a   Campbell, G S ^c  

^a TEA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Decagon Devices Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat pulse method; Irradiance; Soil water; Tea; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

TEA; TRANSPIRATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

SRI LANKA;

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 0034237770     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(00)00134-9     Document Type: Article

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