Response of winter root starch concentration to severe water stress and fruit load and its subsequent effects on early peach fruit development

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1619-1626

  Lopez, Gerardo ^a   Girona, Joan ^a   Marsal, Jordi ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Early fruit growth; Fruit number; Prunus persica; Root reserves; Stem water potential

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROOT; STARCH; THINNING; WATER STRESS;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 36749024639     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.11.1619     Document Type: Article

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