Sensitivity of root pruned 'Conference' pear to water deficit in a temperate climate

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-66

  Janssens, Pieter ^a   Deckers, Tom ^b   Elsen, Frank ^a   Elsen, Annemie ^a   Schoofs, Hilde ^b   Verjans, Wim ^b   Vandendriessche, Hilde ^c  

^a Soil Service of Belgium   (Belgium)

^b PCFruit Research Station   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fruit size; Fruit yield; Irrigation; Pyrus Communis cv. 'Conference'; Root pruning; Watermark sensor

Indexed keywords

FRUIT SIZE; FRUIT YIELD; PYRUS COMMUNIS; ROOT PRUNING; WATERMARK SENSOR;

CLIMATOLOGY; IRRIGATION; ORCHARDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SCHEDULING; SOILS;

FRUITS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP YIELD; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVAPORATION; FRUIT; HORTICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; ORCHARD; PRUNING; SENSOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; YIELD RESPONSE;

BELGIUM;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 80052719282     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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