Effect of Herbivory and Water Stress on Pome Fruit Photosynthesis and Productivity

Author: Elizabeth Beers, Leo Lombardini, Frank J. Peryea, Don Elfving, Larry Schrader, John Dunley, Steve Welter, Steve Drake, Jim McFerson

Published: 2002

Summary: This project determined if water stress significantly increases the negative effect of mite feeding damage on four cultivars of apple, and if diurnal pattern of CO2 assimilation on mite-damaged and/or water stressed trees.

Keywords:

• Apple
• Crop Protection
• Pest Management
• Twospotted spider mite
• Horticulture
• Photosynthesis
• Plant Stress
• Water Stress