Drought effects on the dynamics of leaf production and senescence in field-grown Medicago arborea and Medicago citrina

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 169-176

  Lefi, E ^a   Gulias J ^a   Cifre, J ^a   Younes, M Ben ^b   Medrano, H ^a  

^a Universidad de la Islas Baleares   (Spain)

^b Pôle de Recherche Développement Agricole du Nord Ouest Semi Aride   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Drought; Forage shrubs; Leaf area; Medicago

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; FORAGE; LEAF AREA; PRODUCTIVITY; SENESCENCE; SHRUB;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO ARBOREA; MEDICAGO CITRINA;

EID: 28244488554     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2004.tb00330.x     Document Type: Article

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