Effect of leaf structure and water status on carbon isotope discrimination in field-grown durum wheat

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1484-1494

  Araus, J L ^a   Amaro, T ^a   Zuhair, Y ^b   Nachit, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Chlorophyll content; Drought; Durum wheat; Leaf structure; Nitrogen content; Specific leaf area; Triticeae; Triticum durum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031422939     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-43.x     Document Type: Article

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