Water relations and yield of peach trees under high evaporative demand conditions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 537, Issue , 2000, Pages 299-304

  Ben Mechlia, N ^a   Sahli, A ^a   Zitouna, R ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Leaf water potential; Prunus persica; Quality; Xylem water potential; Yield

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 84878402527     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.537.34     Document Type: Article

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