Loss of chlorophyll with limited reduction of photosynthesis as an adaptive response of Syrian barley landraces to high-light and heat stress

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 569-578

  Havaux, Michel ^a   Tardy, Florence ^a,b  

^a IRFM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; SHRUB; TOLERANCE;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0032744276     PISSN: 03107841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PP99046     Document Type: Article

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