Variation in net photosynthesis, stomatal characteristics, leaf area and whole-plant phytomass production among ten provenances of neem (Azadirachta indica)

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-52

  Kundu, S K ^a   Tigerstedt, P M A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dendrogram; Drought; Growth; Guard cell length; Stomatal conductance; Stomatal density

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA;

EID: 0032941257     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.1.47     Document Type: Article

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