Role of lignotuber versus roots in the water supply of rainfed olives

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 991, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-188

  Ferreira, M I ^a   Conceicao N ^a   David, T S ^b   Nadezhdina, N ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGAÇÃO AGRÁRIA E VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

^c MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Deep roots; Heat field deformation method (HFD); Sap flow; Shallow roots; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880282489     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.991.22     Document Type: Article

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