Drought stress influences gas-exchange responses of papaya leaves to rapid changes in irradiance

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 292-295

  Clemente, Hiphil S ^a   Marler, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

Author keywords

Carica papaya; Cloud cover; Net CO2 assimilation; Photosynthetic photon flux; Stomatal conductance; Tropical; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642652634     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.2.292     Document Type: Article

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