Estimation of water use of mature coconut (cocos nucifera l.) cultivars (cric 60 and CRIC 65)grown in the low country intermediate zone using the compensation heat pulse method (CHPM)

Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-186

  Madurapperuma, Wasantha S ^a   De Costa, W A J M ^b   Sangakkara, U R ^b   Jayasekara, C ^a  

^a Bandirippuwa Estate ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cocos nucifera l.; Compensation heat pulse method; Daily total sap flow; Maximum hourly sap flux; Sap wood area

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350168305     PISSN: 13914588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/jnsfsr.v37i3.1211     Document Type: Article

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