Effect of applied water amounts at various fractions of evapotranspiration on productivity and water footprint of chardonnay grapevines

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-221

  Williams, Larry E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chardonnay; Evapotranspiration; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901796153     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2014.12105     Document Type: Article

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