Plant indicators of available soil water in the perennial herbaceous crop Miscanthus x giganteus Greef et Deu

Agronomie

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-36

  Foti, Salvatore ^a   Cosentino, Salvatore L ^b   Patanè, Cristina ^c   Copani, Venera ^a   Sanzone, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mediterranean environment; Miscanthus x giganteus; Plant water status; Stomatal conductance; Vapour pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GRASS; SOIL WATER; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

ITALY; SICILY;

MISCANTHUS GIGANTEUS; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 0037284191     PISSN: 02495627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:2002066     Document Type: Article

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