Water stress and crop load effects on vegetative and fruit growth of 'Elegant Lady' peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batch] trees

Fruits

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-68

  Mahhou, Ahmed ^a   DeJong, Theodore M ^b   Cao, Tiesen ^b   Shackel, Ken S ^b  

^a INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Fruiting; Fruits; Growth; Pruning; Prunus persica; Stomata; Transpiration; Trees; Water potential

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 20344407330     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits:2005013     Document Type: Article

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