Water use, yield and fruit quality of lysimeter-grown apple trees: Responses to deficit irrigation and to crop load

Irrigation Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 107-113

  Mpelasoka, B S ^a   Behboudian, M H ^a   Green, S R ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0035392102     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002710100041     Document Type: Article

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