Above-ground and pot-in-pot production systems for Myrtus communis L.

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-101

  Miralles Crespo, Julián ^a   Nortes Tortosa, Pedro Antonio ^a   Sánchez Blanco, María Jesús ^b   Martínez Sánchez, Juan José ^a   Bañón Arias, Sebastián ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gas exchange; Leaf water potential; Pot plant; Pot in pot; Root temperature; Soil water potential

Indexed keywords

GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; POT PLANT; POT-IN-POT; ROOT TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

DROUGHT; ELECTRON WAVE TUBES; ESSENTIAL OILS; FORESTRY; GASES; IRRIGATION; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSTRATES; UNDERWATER SOILS;

SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MATRIC POTENTIAL; NATIVE SPECIES; ROOT SYSTEM; SHRUB; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS;

MYRTUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 60749099784     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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