Water relations and root growth of two populations of Gutierrezia sarothrae

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-20

  Wan, Changgui ^a   Sosebee, Ronald E ^a   McMichael, Bobby L ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell wall elasticity; Drought acclimation; Gutierrezia sarothrae; Hydraulic conductance; Osmotic adjustment; Woody species

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL; ROOTING; WATER ANALYSIS;

GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE;

EID: 0032007367     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(97)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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