Impact of successive drought and re-watering cycles on growth and specific leaf area of two Populus x canadensis (Moench) clones, 'Dorskamp' and 'Luisa_Avanzo'

Tree Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 1225-1235

  Marron, Nicolas ^a   Dreyer, Erwin ^b   Boudouresque, Eric ^a   Delay, Didier ^a   Petit, Jean Michel ^a   Delmotte, Francis M ^a   Brignolas, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Duration of leaf expansion; Individual leaf growth; Predawn leaf water potential; Relative leaf water content; Soil water content; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

CLONE; DROUGHT STRESS; HYBRID; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

POPULUS; POPULUS CANADENSIS; POPULUS X CANADENSIS;

EID: 0347030152     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/23.18.1225     Document Type: Article

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