Responses of citrus fine roots to localized soil drying: A comparison of seedlings with adult fruiting trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-119

  Espeleta, Javier F ^a,c   Eissenstat, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrus volkameriana; Drought; Fine roots; Root death; Root respiration; Rutaceae; Tree juvenility; Volkamer lemon

Indexed keywords

CITRUS VOLKAMERIANA;

EID: 0031894622     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.2.113     Document Type: Article

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