Drought response of young apple trees on three rootstocks. II. Gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence, water relations, and leaf abscisic acid

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 841-848

  Thomas Fernandez, R ^a,b   Perry, Ronald L ^a   Flore, James A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photosynthesis; Water stress

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 1842296424     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.6.841     Document Type: Article

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