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Effects of Climatic Factors on Fruit Volume Increase and Leaf Water Deficit of Citrus in Relation to Soil Suction
Author(s) -
Lombard P. B.,
Stolzy L. H.,
Garber M. J.,
Szuszkiewicz T. E.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1965.03615995002900020027x
Subject(s) - transpiration , soil water , irrigation , orange (colour) , environmental science , volume (thermodynamics) , agronomy , water content , horticulture , botany , biology , soil science , photosynthesis , geology , physics , geotechnical engineering , quantum mechanics
The primary factors affecting the rate of fruit volume increase and leaf water deficit of navel orange trees were investigated under two irrigation treatments. One treatment was applied when tensiometers in the major root zone indicated 20 cbar soil suction and the other treatment was applied at 100 cbar soil suction. The correlations between either fruit volume increase or leaf water deficit and various environmental conditions were studied by factor analysis to determine possible primary factors affecting the water status of the trees. Soil suction, a primary factor in both treatments, influenced the fruit and the leaf in only the 100 cbar treatment. Rate of water movement through the soil to the plant roots could be the underlying factor. Another factor, evaporation power of the atmosphere during high diurnal transpiration affected the rate of fruit volume increase in only the 100 cbar treatment.