Trunk sap flow characteristics during two growth stages of apple tree and its relationships with affecting factors in an arid region of northwest China

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 104, Issue , 2012, Pages 193-202

  Liu, Chunwei ^a   Du, Taisheng ^a   Li, Fusheng ^b   Kang, Shaozhong ^a   Li, Sien ^a   Tong, Ling ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apple; Leaf area index; Maximum daily stem shrinkage; Meteorological factor; Trunk sap flow

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; AFFECTING FACTORS; APPLE; APPLE ORCHARDS; APPLE TREES; BORDER IRRIGATION; GROWTH STAGES; IRRIGATION SCHEDULING; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MAJOR FACTORS; METEOROLOGICAL FACTOR; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NORTHWEST CHINA; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SAP FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TRUNK DIAMETERS; TWO STAGE; VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUITS; IRRIGATION; ORCHARDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SHRINKAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

FORESTRY;

ARID REGION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAMETER; DIURNAL VARIATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FRUIT; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAF AREA INDEX; ORCHARD; SAP FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRINKAGE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CHINA;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84855839180     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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