Variability with xylem depth in sap flow in trunks and branches of mature olive trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Nadezhdina, Nadezhda ^a   Nadezhdin, Valeriy ^a   Ferreira, Maria Isabel ^b   Pitacco, Andrea ^c  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic irrigation control; Heat field deformation method; Multi point sensors; Quercus suber; Sap flow radial pattern; Vertical profile of root absorption; Water stress indicator

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN TREE; RADIAL FLOW; SAP FLOW; TRANSPIRATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; XYLEM;

OLEA EUROPAEA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 33846881774     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.1.105     Document Type: Article

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