Drought resistance and water use efficiency in Acacia saligna

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-586

  Nativ, Rotem ^a   Ephrath, Jhonathan E ^b   Berliner, Pedro R ^b   Saranga, Yehoshua ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; WATER USE;

ACACIA SALIGNA;

EID: 0032716284     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT98022     Document Type: Article

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