Responses of 'Pink Lady' apple to deficit irrigation and partial rootzone drying: Physiology, growth, yield, and fruit quality

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1068-1076

  O'Connell, Mark G ^a   Goodwin, Ian ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fruit size; Leaf conductance; Leaf temperature; Leaf water potential; Malus domestica; PRD; Radiation interception; Stem water potential; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; ORCHARD; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION; WATER STRESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GOULBURN VALLEY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

LYCORIS SQUAMIGERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; OENOTHERA SPECIOSA;

EID: 36448955766     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR07033     Document Type: Article

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