Using plant physiology to improve the water use efficiency of horticultural crops

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 537, Issue , 2000, Pages 187-197

  Loveys, B R ^a   Dry, P R ^b   Stoll, M ^b   McCarthy, M G ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Government of South Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Grapevine; Irrigation; Split root; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

VITIS;

EID: 77956943623     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.537.19     Document Type: Article

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