Can screening criteria for drought resistance in Nicotiana tabacum L. be derived from the polyphasic rise of the chlorophyll a fluorescence transient (OJIP)?

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 337-341

  Van Rensburg, L ^a   Kruger G H J ^a   Eggenberg, P ^b   Strasser, R J ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; drought resistance; Nicotiana tabacum L.; screening criteria

Indexed keywords

MUS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0030425124     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30676-1     Document Type: Article

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