Physiological response of desert plants to watering in hyper arid areas of Tarim River

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1966-1973

  Ruan, Xiao ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Chen, Ya Ning ^b   Li, Wei Hong ^b   Xu, Ning Yi ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

CTK; Endogenous ABA; Free proline; Groundwater table; Soluble sugars; Water and saline stress

Indexed keywords

APOCYNUM; APOCYNUM VENETUM; ARIDA; POPULUS EUPHRATICA; TAMARIX;

EID: 24344434545     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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