Drought tolerance in the alpine dandelion, Taraxacum ceratophorum (Asteraceae), its exotic congener T. officinale, and interspecific hybrids under natural and experimental conditions

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1311-1321

  Brock, Marcus T ^a,b   Galen, Candace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Hybrid; Invasive species; Physiological performance; Taraxacum; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE;

ARIDA; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM LYRATUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE CERATOPHORUM;

EID: 23044436327     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.8.1311     Document Type: Article

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