The effects of drought on the water use, fruit development and oil yield from young olive trees

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1525-1531

  Greven, Marc ^a   Neal, Sue ^a   Green, Steve ^a   Dichio, Bartolomeo ^b   Clothier, Brent ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drought; Leaf water potential; Olive; Stem sap flow; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CROP YIELD; DRAINING SOIL; DRY CONDITION; FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; FRUIT GROWTH; FRUIT SIZE; HIGH VARIABILITY; IRRIGATION WATERS; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; LOW LEVEL; MARLBOROUGH; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NEW ZEALAND; OIL QUALITY; OIL YIELD; OLIVE; PHENOLICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SAP FLOW; SHOOT DEVELOPMENT; SHOOT GROWTH; SHORT PERIODS; STANDARD PRACTICES; STEM SAP FLOW; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER STRESS; WATER USE; WEATHER DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CROPS; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; METALLOIDS; METEOROLOGY; MILITARY ENGINEERING; PHENOLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SUPPLY;

FRUITS;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; FRUITING; OIL PRODUCTION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SAP FLOW; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VINE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE;

AUSTRALASIA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

OLEACEAE; VITACEAE;

EID: 68449083724     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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