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Stem-water potential as a sensitive indicator of water stress in prune trees (Prunus domestica L. cv. French) by McCutchan, Harold, Shackel, K.A

“…The relative sensitivity of plant- and soil-based measures of water availability were compared for prune trees subjected to a range of irrigation regimes under…”
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Computer vision system for automated cell pressure probe operation by Wong, E.S., Slaughter, D.C., Wada, H., Matthews, M.A., Shackel, K.A.

“…An automated cell pressure probe was designed to allow robust measurements of cellular water relations without the limitations caused by operator skill levels…”
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Alternate Bearing in Pistachio as a Masting Phenomenon: Construction Cost of Reproduction versus Vegetative Growth and Storage by Stevenson, M.T, Shackel, K.A

“…Whole-tree effects of alternate bearing on the reproductive growth, vegetative growth, and carbohydrate storage in mature pistachio (scion Pistacia vera L.,…”
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Shoot Length Distribution and Its Relation to Yield of Alternate-bearing Pistachio Trees by Stevenson, M.T, Shackel, K.A, Ferguson, L

“…Pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) is known to strongly exhibit alternate bearing. Over 19,500 individual shoots were measured on eight alternate bearing `Kerman'…”
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063 Biological Basis for Noninfectious Bud-failure in Almond (Prunus dulcis) by Kester, D.E, Gradziel, T.M, Shackel, K.A, Micke, W.C

“…Noninfectious bud-failure (BF) is a genetic disorder in almond, associated with nursery source selection. Previously (Kester, PASHS, 1968), the latent…”
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Final Results of Propagation Experiments to Show Distribution of Noninfectious Bud-failure in `Carmel' Almond by Kester, D.E, Shackel, K.A, Gradziel, T.M, Micke, W.C, Viveros, M

“…The distribution of the potential for noninfectious bud-failure (BF pot ) was shown for the entire `Carmel' almond cultivar by propagating from single buds on…”
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Stomatal function and cuticular conductance in whole tissue-cultured apple shoots by Shackel, K.A. (University of California, Davis, CA), Novello, V, Sutter, E.G

“…The relative contribution of stomatal and cuticular conductance to transpiration from whole tissue-cultured apple shoots of Malus pumila Mill. M.26 was…”
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Fruit ripening in Vitis vinifera L.: possible relation of veraison to turgor and berry softening by MATTHEWS, M.A., THOMAS, T.R., SHACKEL, K.A.

“…Background and Aims:  Vitis vinifera L. berries exhibit dynamic changes in water relations during development, but the possible connections between water…”
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A revised and unified pressure-clamp/relaxation theory for studying plant cell water relations with pressure probes: In-situ determination of cell volume for calculation of volumetric elastic modulus and hydraulic conductivity by Knipfer, T., Fei, J., Gambetta, G.A., Shackel, K.A., Matthews, M.A.

“…The cell-pressure-probe is a unique tool to study plant water relations in-situ. Inaccuracy in the estimation of cell volume (νo) is the major source of error…”
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Substantial errors in estimates of sap flow using the heat balance technique on woody stems under field conditions by Shackel, K.A. (University of California, Davis, CA), Johnson, R.S, Medawar, C.K, Phene, C.J

“…The heat balance method was used to estimate transpirational sap flow through 60- to 75-mm-diameter stems (trunks) of 3-year-old peach [Prunus persica (L.)…”
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Evaluation of weed and nutrient management practices in organic pear orchards by Ingels, C.A, Klonsky, K.M, Demoura, R, Lanini, W.T, Shackel, K.A, Elkins, R.B

“…In 2009 and 2010, four weed control treatments (in-row mowing, landscape fabric, wood chips, and organic herbicide) and three fertilizer treatments (chicken…”
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EVALUATION OF WEED AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN ORGANIC PEAR ORCHARDS by Ingels, C.A., Lanini, W.T., Shackel, K.A., Klonsky, K.M., Demoura, R., Elkins, R.B.

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Seed coat turgor responds rapidly to air humidity in chickpea and faba bean by Shackel, K.A, Turner, N.C

“…The turgor pressure in cells of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and faba bean (Vicia faba L.) seed coats was measured with a pressure probe. Measurements were…”
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Micro-injection of Lygus salivary gland proteins to simulate feeding damage in alfalfa and cotton flowers by Shackel, K.A, Celorio-Mancera, M. de la P, Ahmadi, H, Greve, L.C, Teuber, L.R, Backus, E.A, Labavitch, J.M

“…Alfalfa and cotton flowers were pierced with small glass capillaries of an overall size and shape similar to that of Lygus stylets, and injected with small…”
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Influence of ring nematode infestation and calcium, nitrogen, and indoleacetic acid applications on peach susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae by Cao, T, McKenry, M.V, Duncan, R.A, DeJong, T.M, Kirkpatrick, B.C, Shackel, K.A

“…Two field experiments were conducted to study the effects of added nitrogen, calcium, and indoleacetic acid, in the presence or absence of ring nematodes…”
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Plant water status as an index of irrigation need in deciduous fruit trees by Shackel, K.A. (University of California, Davis, CA.), Ahmadi, H, Biasi, W, Buchner, R, Goldhamer, D, Gurusinghe, S, Hasey, J, Kester, D, Krueger, B, Lampinen, B

“…To be useful for indicating plant water needs, any measure of plant stress should be closely related to some of the known short- and medium-term plant stress…”
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EFFECTS OF REGULATED DEFICIT IRRIGATION ON WALNUT GRAFTED ON 'NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BLACK' OR 'PARADOX' ROOTSTOCK by Buchner, R.P., Fulton, A.E., Gilles, C.K., Lampinen, B.D., Shackel, K.A., Metcalf, S.G., Little, C.C., Prichard, T.L., Schwankl, L.J.

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Bending alters water balance and reduces photosynthesis of rose shoots by Kim, S.H, Shackel, K.A, Lieth, J.H

“…Shoot-bending has become a standard cultural practice in cut-flower rose (Rosa hybrida L.) production. Physiological effects of shoot-bending on leaf net…”
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Interaction between nitrogen-fertilized peach trees and expression of syrB, a gene Involved in syringomycin production in Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae by Cao, T, Duncan, R.A, McKenry, M.V, Shackel, K.A, DeJong, T.M, Kirkpatrick, B.C

“…The in vitro expression of the syrB gene that controls the synthesis of syringomycin, a non-host-specific phytotoxin produced by Pseudomonas syringae pv…”
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Impact of Heating on Carrot Firmness: Contribution of Cellular Turgor by Greve, L. Carl, Shackel, Ken A, Ahmadi, Hamid, McArdle, Richard N, Gohlke, James R, Labavitch, John M

“…The firmness of carrot root disks was measured after various periods of heating in boiling water. Tissues lost more than half of their initial firmness within…”
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