Intraspecific variation in response to drought and salinity in Opuntia ficus-indica

Advances in Horticultural Science

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-40

  Ebert, G ^a   Mischorr, T ^a   Ludders P ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO2 gas exchange; Mineral uptake; NaCl; Prickly pear cactus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; GENOTYPE; NUTRIENT; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; POTASSIUM; QUARTZ; SALINITY; SAND; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

OPUNTIA CLADODES; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA;

EID: 0032891632     PISSN: 03946169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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