Growth and water relations of littleleaf linden trees established in irrigated buffalograss and kentucky bluegrass

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1529-1533

  Stewart, J Ryan ^a   Kjelgren, Roger ^a   Johnson, Paul G ^a   Kuhns, Michael R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouteloua dactyloides; Buchlo dactyloides; Irrigation; Poa pratensis; Tilia cordata; Tree turf competition; Water relations; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION; WATER;

LITTLELEAF TREES; STOMATAL; TRANSPLANTED TREES; TURFGRASS;

IRRIGATION;

IRRIGATION; SOIL; TRANSPIRATION; TREES; WATER;

ARIDA; BOUTELOUA; BUCHLOE; BUCHLOE DACTYLOIDES; MALVACEAE; POA; POA PRATENSIS; POACEAE; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 22444444053     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.5.1529     Document Type: Article

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