Leaf water relations of Eucalyptus cloeziana and Eucalyptus argophloia in response to water deficit

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 335-343

  Ngugi, Michael R ^a   Doley, David ^a   Hunt, Mark A ^b,c   Dart, Peter ^a   Ryan, Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c Coop Res Ctr Sustainable Prod F ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoplastic water; Bulk modulus of elasticity; Drought tolerance; Leaf anatomy; Osmotic adjustment; Pressure volume curves; Subtropics

Indexed keywords

LEAF; WATER RELATIONS; WATER STRESS;

EUCALYPTUS ARGOPHLOIA; EUCALYPTUS CLOEZIANA;

EID: 0038587685     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.5.335     Document Type: Article

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