Water-use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination of Acacia ampliceps and Eucalyptus camaldulensis at different soil moisture regimes under semi-arid conditions

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 269-272

  Akhter, J ^a   Mahmood, K ^a   Tasneem, M A ^b   Malik, K A ^a   Naqvi, M H ^a   Hussain, F ^a   Serraj, R ^c  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Plant available soil water; Transpiration efficiency

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA AMPLICEPS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS;

EID: 18144385876     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-005-0272-6     Document Type: Article

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