Sensitivity and variability of maximum trunk shrinkage, midday stem water potential, and transpiration rate in response to withholding irrigation from field-grown apple trees

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 547-551

  Naor, A ^a   Cohen, S ^b  

^a Golan Research Institute   (Israel)

^b Inst Soils Water and Environ Sci   (Israel)

Author keywords

Irrigation scheduling; Malus xdomestica; Water stress indicators

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

WATER STRESS INDICATORS;

IRRIGATION;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0043129046     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.4.547     Document Type: Article

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