Tolerance of lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) to drought stress. I. Soil water and yield component analysis

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 911-917

  Glass, V M ^a   Percival, D C ^b   Proctor, J T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drought; Irrigation; Path analysis; Yield

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FRUIT; IRRIGATION; PATH ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 31044435581     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P03-027     Document Type: Article

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