Does fertilization explain the extraordinary hydraulic behaviour of apple trees?

J Exp Bot · 2019 · PMC6436149 · PMID 30793193

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However, partially highly significant differences between treatments were observed (see below) and, based on the knowledge that young fruit trees in particular strongly depend on sufficient nutrient supply for growth ( Carranca et al. , 2018 ), we assume that the observed weak growth was attributed to limited water supply.

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