Effects of Postharvest Water Deficits on the Physiological Behavior of Early-Maturing Nectarine Trees
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Water Applied and Meteorological Conditions
2.2. Time Course of Plant–Water Relations
2.3. Leaf Gas Exchange Relationships
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Plant Material and Experimental Conditions
3.2. Irrigation Treatments
3.3. Measurements
3.4. Statistical Analysis
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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ET0 (mm) | Temperature (°C) | RH (%) | VPD (kPa) | Rainfall (mm) | u2 (km d−1) | Solar Radiation (W m−2) | |||||
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Month | Tmax | Tmean | Tmin | RHmax | RHmean | RHmin | |||||
May | 140.3 | 27 | 20.7 | 14.6 | 82.7 | 57.5 | 32.3 | 1.1 | 0 | 5.42 | 243.2 |
June | 304.8 | 31.5 | 25.3 | 19.2 | 82.5 | 56.1 | 29.6 | 1.6 | 0 | 4.38 | 275.4 |
July | 158.7 | 32.3 | 26.6 | 21 | 88.8 | 63.1 | 37.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 4.88 | 248.2 |
August | 123 | 32.9 | 27.1 | 22 | 91.2 | 64.3 | 42.1 | 1.1 | 8 | 3.2 | 218.2 |
September | 219.5 | 30 | 24.4 | 20.2 | 92 | 70.1 | 41.1 | 0.9 | 22.6 | 4.8 | 176.4 |
October | 71.3 | 24 | 18.8 | 14.4 | 93.7 | 68.2 | 46.3 | 0.6 | 5.2 | 3.61 | 137.4 |
Total/Mean | 1017.6 | 29.6 | 20.5 | 18.5 | 88.5 | 63.2 | 38.2 | 1.1 | 36.2 | 4.38 | 216.4 |
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Conesa, M.R.; Conejero, W.; Vera, J.; Ruiz-Sánchez, M.C. Effects of Postharvest Water Deficits on the Physiological Behavior of Early-Maturing Nectarine Trees. Plants 2020, 9, 1104. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091104
Conesa MR, Conejero W, Vera J, Ruiz-Sánchez MC. Effects of Postharvest Water Deficits on the Physiological Behavior of Early-Maturing Nectarine Trees. Plants. 2020; 9(9):1104. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091104
Chicago/Turabian StyleConesa, María R., Wenceslao Conejero, Juan Vera, and M. Carmen Ruiz-Sánchez. 2020. "Effects of Postharvest Water Deficits on the Physiological Behavior of Early-Maturing Nectarine Trees" Plants 9, no. 9: 1104. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9091104