Using trunk diameter sensors for regulated deficit irrigation scheduling in early maturing peach trees

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 409-415

  Conejero, W ^a   Mellisho, C D ^a   Ortuno M F ^a   Moriana, A ^b   Moreno, F ^c   Torrecillas, A ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Maximum daily trunk shrinkage; Stem water potential; Trunk diameter fluctuations; Water relations

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DIAMETER; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; GRAFTING; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PRUNING; ROOTSTOCK; SENSOR; STEM; THINNING; VIGOR; WATER USE; WEIGHT;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 79952704015     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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