Wheat Cultivar Differences in Photosynthetic Response to Low Soil Water Potentials: I. Maintenance of photosynthesis and leaf water potential

Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 509-517

  Xu, Hui Lian ^a,b   Ishii, Ryuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Intl Nature Farming Research Ctr   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drought avoidance; Drought resistance; Drought tolerance; Photosynthesis; Triticum aestivum; Water stress; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030442875     PISSN: 00111848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/jcs.65.509     Document Type: Article

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