Plant water relations and seedling growth of three pistachio cultivars as influenced by irrigation frequency and applied potassium

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1413-1425

  Pour, A Tajabadi ^a   Sepaskhah, A R ^a   Maftoun, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Leaf area; Leaf water potential; Osmotic potential; Plant water status; Turgor potential; Water stress

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 23844542452     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PLN-200067497     Document Type: Article

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