Responses of apple fruit size to tree water status and crop load

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1255-1261

  Naor, A ^a   Naschitz, S ^a   Peres, M ^b   Gal, Y ^b  

^a Golan Research Institute   (Israel)

^b EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Malus domestica; Stem water potential; Water stress indicators

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DECIDUOUS TREE; FRUIT; IRRIGATION; ORCHARD; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SEMIARID REGION; STEM; WATER STRESS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 51149102872     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.8.1255     Document Type: Article

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