Lateral root development and hydraulic conductance in four populations of Gutierrezia sarothrae

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-165

  Changgui, Wan ^a   Sosebee, Ronald E ^a   McMichael, Bobby L ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

desert shrub; drought avoidance; Ecotype; hydraulic architecture; root growth

Indexed keywords

GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE;

EID: 0030187483     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0098-8472(96)01008-8     Document Type: Article

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