Hydraulics of high-yield orchard trees: A case study of three Malus domestica cultivars

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1296-1307

  Beikircher, Barbara ^a   De Cesare, Chiara ^a   Mayr, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

drought induced embolism; electrolyte leakage; hydraulic safety; leaf conductance; pV curve; stomatal regulation; turgor

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DROUGHT; ELECTROLYTE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; ORCHARD; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TREE; XYLEM;

CARBON; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; DROUGHT-INDUCED EMBOLISM; ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDRAULIC SAFETY; LEAF CONDUCTANCE; MALUS; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PV-CURVE; STOMATAL REGULATION; TEMPERATURE; TREE; TURGOR; XYLEM;

DROUGHT-INDUCED EMBOLISM; ELECTROLYTE LEAKAGE; HYDRAULIC SAFETY; LEAF CONDUCTANCE; PV-CURVE; STOMATAL REGULATION; TURGOR;

BIOMASS; CARBON; DROUGHTS; MALUS; OSMOSIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; TEMPERATURE; TREES; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84891531205     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt096     Document Type: Article

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