Stress-induced CAM development and the limit of adaptation potential in Mesembryanthemum crystallinum plants under extreme conditions

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 168-175

  Kuznetsov, Vl V ^a   Neto, D S ^a   Borisova, N N ^a   Dam, Z B ^a   Rakitin, V Yu ^a   Alexandrova, S N ^a   Kholodova, V P ^a  

^a TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Adaptation; CAM; Mesembryanthemum crystallinum; Osmotic potential; Salinity; Survival; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034340144     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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