Performance of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) seedlings and micropropagated plantlets on an east Texas site II. Water relations

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-270

  Rahman, Mohd S ^a   Messina, Michael G ^a   Newton, Ronald J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Micropropagation; Plantlets; Stomatal conductance; Transpiration; Water deficit stress; Xylem pressure potential

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOILS;

MICROPROPAGATED PLANTLETS;

ECOLOGY;

DROUGHT; PLANTATION; SEEDLING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER RELATIONS;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0037600621     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00483-8     Document Type: Article

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