Response of citrus trees to deficit irrigation during different phenological periods in relation to yield, fruit quality, and water productivity

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 689-699

  Garcia Tejero I ^a   Romero Vicente, R ^a   Jimenez Bocanegra J A ^a   Martinez Garcia G ^a   Duran Zuazo V H ^a   Muriel Fernandez J L ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Citrus trees; Deficit irrigation; Fruit quality; Water stress ratio

Indexed keywords

CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS TREE; CROP RESPONSE; DEFICIT IRRIGATION; FIRST YEAR; FRUIT QUALITY; GROWTH PHASIS; MAIN EFFECT; PHENOLOGICAL STAGE; QUALITY PARAMETERS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; STRESS INDICATORS; STRESS RATIO; TITRABLE ACIDITY; TOTAL SOLUBLE SOLIDS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER PRODUCTIVITY; WATER SAVING; WATER STATUS; YIELD COMPONENTS;

CROPS; FRUITS; IRRIGATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRODUCTIVITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

WATER TREATMENT;

FRUIT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLOGY; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; YIELD RESPONSE;

CITRONCIRUS WEBBERI; CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; CITRUS SINENSIS X PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA; PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA;

EID: 76549120439     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2009.12.012     Document Type: Article

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