Scheduling peach orchard irrigation in water stress conditions: Use of relative transpiration and predawn leaf water potential

Fruits

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 147-158

  Afonso do PaÇo, Teresa ^a   Isabel Ferreira, Maria ^a   Arruda Pacheco, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Deciduous plants; Demand irrigation; Fruit trees; Indicators; Portugal; Prunus persica; Soil water deficit; Water requirements; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996131443     PISSN: 02481294     EISSN: 1625967X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/fruits/2013061     Document Type: Article

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