Growth, biomass allocation, and water use efficiency of 31 apple cultivars grown under two water regimes

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-129

  Liu, Binghua ^a   Cheng, Liang ^a   Ma, Fengwang ^a   Zou, Yangjun ^a   Liang, Dong ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope composition; Drought; Gas exchange; Growth; Malus domestica Borkh.; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT STRESS; FRUIT; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84857058839     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9427-y     Document Type: Article

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