Effects of water stress on leaf growth and photosynthetic and transpiration rates of Tectona grandis

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 229-234

  Rajendrudu, G ^a   Naidu, C V ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Internodal elongation; Leaf expansion; Leaf gas exchange; Stomatal conductance; Teak tree physiology

Indexed keywords

TECTONA GRANDIS;

EID: 0031545598     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001016619707     Document Type: Article

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