Ecophysiology of a wild platyopuntia exposed to prolonged drought

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-86

  Pimienta Barrios, Eulogio ^a,c   González Del Castillo Aranda, María Eugenia ^a   Nobel, Park S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Residencial Guadalupe Jardin ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

CO2 uptake; Drought; Opuntia robusta; Rocky soil

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; GAS EXCHANGE;

CRASSULACEAE; FUNGI; OPUNTIA;

EID: 0036134805     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(01)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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