Response of 'Hass' avocado trees to irrigation management and root constraint

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 95-103

  Silber, A ^a   Israeli, Y ^b   Levi, M ^b   Keinan, A ^b   Shapira, O ^b   Chudi, G ^b   Golan, A ^b   Noy, M ^c   Levkovitch, I ^a   Assouline, S ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b Northern RandD   (Israel)

^c EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fruit development; June drop; Persea americana; Photosynthesis; Stem diameter; Stomatal conductance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

FRUIT DEVELOPMENT; PERSEA AMERICANA; STEM DIAMETER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTAINERS; FORESTRY; FRUITS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

IRRIGATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRUIT; FRUIT SET; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LYSIMETER; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RHIZOSPHERE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VAPOR PRESSURE; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE;

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 84855829238     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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