Irrigation restriction effects on water use efficiency and osmotic adjustment in Aloe Vera plants (Aloe barbadensis Miller)

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1564-1570

  Delatorre Herrera, J ^a   Delfino, I ^a   Salinas, C ^b   Silva, H ^b   Cardemil, Liliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Field capacity; Fructans; Osmotic adjustment; Sap flow rate; Water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

FIELD CAPACITY; FRUCTANS; OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT; SAP FLOW RATE; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GELS; IRRIGATION; MILITARY ENGINEERING; OSMOSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYSACCHARIDES; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WATER SUPPLY;

WATER CONTENT;

CULTIVATION; DRY MATTER; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MONOCOTYLEDON; OSMOREGULATION; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ALOE; ALOE VERA;

EID: 77954538895     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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