Role of dew on the recovery of water-stressed Melissa officinalis L. plants

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 759-766

  Munné Bosch, Sergi ^a   Alegre, Leonor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Daily cycles; Dew; Drought; Melissa officinalis; Pkotosynthesis

Indexed keywords

MELISSA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 0344678382     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80255-7     Document Type: Article

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