Factors involved in alleviating water stress by partial crop removal in pear trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1375-1382

  Marsal, Jordi ^a   Mata, Merce ^a   Arbones, Amadeu ^a   Del Campo, Jesus ^a   Girona, Joan ^a   Lopez, Gerardo ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop load; Fruit growth; Root pruning; Soil water content; Stem water potential

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; FRUITING; IRRIGATION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; PRUNING; SOIL WATER; THINNING; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PEAR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STOMA; SOIL;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FRUIT; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STOMATA; PYRUS; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 52949104438     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.9.1375     Document Type: Article

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