Water stress assessment for irrigation scheduling of deciduous trees

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 792, Issue , 2008, Pages 467-481

  Naor, Amos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deciduous orchards; Irrigation scheduling; Water potential; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849178775     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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