Pear fruit growth under regulated deficit irrigation in container-grown trees

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 243-259

  Marsal, J ^a   Rapoport, H F ^b   Manrique, T ^b   Girona, J ^a  

^a Ctr UdL I   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fruit cell size; Fruit volume; Pyrus communis; Stem water potential

Indexed keywords

PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0034726820     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(99)00151-X     Document Type: Article

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