Modeling Light Interception and Transpiration of Apple Tree Canopies

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1380-1387

  Green, Steve ^a   McNaughton, Keith ^a   Wunsche J N ^a   Clothier, Brent ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; PHOTONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION;

LIGHT INTERCEPTION;

AGRONOMY;

MALUS; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0344360733     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2003.1380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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