Measurement and modelling of transpiration of a rain-fed citrus orchard under subhumid tropical conditions

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-208

  Oguntunde, Philip G ^a,b   van de Giesen, Nick ^a   Savenije, Hubert H G ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bulk stomatal conductance; Canopy transpiration; Regression model; Sap flow; Sweet orange

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION;

CANOPY TRANSPIRATION; REGRESSION MODEL;

ORCHARDS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORCHARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION;

ANGIOSPERM; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; TROPICAL REGION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORCHARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPIRATION;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 33845579527     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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