Water deficits are more important in delaying growth than in changing patterns of carbon allocation in Eucalyptus globulus

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 363-373

  Osorio J ^a   Osorio M L ^a   Chaves, M M ^a   Pereira, J S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Allocation; Allometry; Leaf elongation rate (LER); Osmotic adjustment; Plant growth; Water relations; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GENOTYPE; STRESS TOLERANCE;

EID: 0344588811     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.6.363     Document Type: Article

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