Variation in leaf trichomes of Wigandia urens: Environmental factors and physiological consequences

Tree Physiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 629-632

  Pérez Estrada, Leticia B ^a   Cano Santana, Zenón ^b   Oyama, Ken ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Transpiration rates; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPIRATION; TRICHOME;

WIGANDIA URENS;

EID: 0034193011     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/20.9.629     Document Type: Article

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