The inherent variability of water stress indicators in apple, nectarine and pear orchards, and the validity of a leaf-selection procedure for water potential measurements

Irrigation Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-135

  Naor, Amos ^a   Gal, Yoni ^b   Peres, Moti ^b  

^a Golan Research Institute   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SOILS; SURFACE TENSION;

LEAF WATER POTENTIAL (LWP); MAXIMUM DAILY TRUNK SHRINKAGE (MDS); SOIL WATER TENSION (SWT); STEM WATER POTENTIAL (SWP);

IRRIGATION;

FRUIT; IRRIGATION; WATER STRESS;

IRRIGATION; SOIL; SURFACE TENSION; TREES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 29344437604     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-005-0016-6     Document Type: Article

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