Water relations, gas exchange and growth of cool-season grain legumes in a Mediterranean-type environment

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-303

  Leport, L ^a   Turner, N C ^a,b   French, R J ^a,c   Tennant, D ^c   Thomson, B D ^a   Siddique, K H M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Grain legumes; Mediterranean environment; Photosynthesis; Water potential; Water use

Indexed keywords

GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH; LEGUME; WATER RELATIONS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032373483     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1161-0301(98)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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