Influence of exogenous L-proline on embryogenic cultures of larch (Larix leptoeuropaea Dengler), sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) and oak (Querem robur L.) subjected to cold and salt stress

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-128

  Gleeson, Deirdre ^a   Lelu Walter, Marie Anne ^b   Parkinson, Michael ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Chilling; Environmental stress; Tolerance; Trees

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TREE;

LARIX; LARIX X LEPTOEUROPAEA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 2542488503     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2004003     Document Type: Article

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