Night-time sap flow is parabolically linked to midday water potential for field-grown almond trees

Irrigation Science

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1265-1276

  Fuentes, S ^a   Mahadevan, M ^b   Bonada, M ^a,c   Skewes, M A ^b   Cox, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOCTURNAL TRANSPIRATION; PLANT WATER STATUS; SAP FLOW SENSORS; STEM WATER POTENTIALS; STRONG CORRELATION; VAPOUR PRESSURE DEFICITS; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER UPTAKE;

AGRONOMY; TECHNOLOGY;

FORESTRY;

PLANT; SAP FLOW; SEASON; STEM; TRANSPIRATION; TREE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WATER UPTAKE;

AGRONOMY; FORESTRY; TECHNOLOGY;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84885853554     PISSN: 03427188     EISSN: 14321319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00271-013-0403-3     Document Type: Article

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