Photosynthesis and yield performance of cassava in seasonally dry and semiarid environments

Photosynthetica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 249-257

  De Tafur, S M ^a   El Sharkawy, M A ^a   Calle, F ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

cultivars; drought; gas exchange; genetic diversity; intracellular CO2 concentration; Manihot esculenta; productivity; root yield; stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 0030888441     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022116414969     Document Type: Article

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