Gas exchange and leaf ultrastructure of Tinnevelly senna, Cassia angustifolia, under drought and nitrogen stress

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 840-847

  Ratnayaka, H H ^a   Kincaid, D ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASSIA; SENNA; SENNA ALEXANDRINA;

EID: 18744402524     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2003.737     Document Type: Article

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