Xylem sap backflow from tomato fruit under water deficit condition

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 618, Issue , 2003, Pages 347-351

  Eguchi, T ^a   Araki, T ^a   Yoshida, S ^a   Kitano, M ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye tracer; Fruit growth; Lucifer yellow CH; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill; Water movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953681377     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.618.40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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