Water relations of plants in the field: Some comments on the measurement of selected parameters

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 306, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Richter, Hanno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Soil plant atmosphere continuum; water relations; xylem tension

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031041117     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.1.1     Document Type: Review

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