Transpiration and visual appearance of warm season turfgrasses during soil drying

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-43

  Cathey, Sarah E ^a   Kruse, Jason K ^a   Sinclair, Thomas R ^b   Dukes, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C4; Drought; NDVI; Transpiration; Turfgrass; Water use

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; C4 PLANT; DROUGHT STRESS; GRASS; IRRIGATION; NDVI; SOIL TYPE; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84874365552     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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