Tomato sap flow, stem and fruit growth in relation to water availability in rockwool growing medium

Plant and Soil

Volumn 350, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 237-252

  de Swaef, Tom ^a   Verbist, Koen ^a   Cornelis, Wim ^a   Steppe, Kathy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Growth; Hydraulic conductivity; Modelling; Rockwool; Solanum lycopersicum L.; Stem diameter; Transpiration; Water relations; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FRUIT; GROWTH; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; IRRIGATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAP FLOW; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER RETENTION; WATER UPTAKE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 83555179228     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0898-4     Document Type: Article

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