Response of container-grown apple trees to soil compaction

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-48

  Ferree, D C ^a   Streeter, J G ^a   Yuncong, Y ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Carbohydrate; Malus xdomestica; Photosynthesis; Relative water content; Rootstock; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION;

ROOTSTOCKS; SOIL COMPACTION;

FRUITS;

MALUS; MALUS DOMESTICA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 1642424242     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.1.40     Document Type: Article

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