Sclerophylly and leaf anatomical traits of five field-grown olive cultivars growing under drought conditions

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 233-239

  Bacelar, Eunice A ^a   Correia, Carlos M ^a   Moutinho Pereira, José M ^a   Gonçalves, Berta C ^a   Lopes, João I ^b   Torres Pereira, José M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b Direccao Regl Agric Tras os Montes   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cuticle thickness; Leaf morphology; LMA; Olea europaea; Stem water potential; Stomatal density; Succulence; Summer stress; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 1542380872     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.2.233     Document Type: Article

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