Interacting effects of pollination, water and nutrients on fruit tree performance

Plant Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 201-208

  Klein, A M ^a,b   Hendrix, S D ^c   Clough, Y ^d   Scofield, A ^e   Kremen, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e Scofield Almond Farms   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Almond; Foliage; Fruit tree; Leaf loss; Plant resource limitation; Pollination resource interactions; Prunus dulcis

Indexed keywords

PRUNUS DULCIS;

WATER;

BIOMASS; BREEDING; FLOWER; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POLLINATION; PRUNUS; REPRODUCTION; TREE;

BIOMASS; BREEDING; FLOWERS; FRUIT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; POLLINATION; PRUNUS; REPRODUCTION; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84923220959     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12180     Document Type: Article

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