Water status, leaf area and fruit load influence on berry weight and sugar accumulation of cv. 'Tempranillo' under semiarid conditions

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 60-65

  Santesteban, Luis G ^a   Royo, J Bernardo ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Berry quality; Fruit load; Leaf area; Leaf water potential; Plant water relations; Vitis vinifera L.

Indexed keywords

FRUIT; IRRIGATION; LEAF AREA; VITICULTURE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 33646506815     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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