Adaptive genetic variation in water-use efficiency and gum yield in Acacia senegal provenances grown on clay soil in the Blue Nile region, Sudan

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 219-229

  Raddad, El Amin Y ^a   Luukkanen, Olavi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

13C; Drought tolerance; Gum arabic belt; Gum yield; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLAY; DROUGHT; SOILS; WATER; WOOD;

DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GUM ARABIC BELT; GUM YIELD; WATER-USE EFFICIENCY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BASAL AREA; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CLASTIC ROCK; CLAY SOIL; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; SHOOT GROWTH; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BIOMASS; CLAY; DROUGHT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SOIL; WATER; WOOD;

AFRICA; BLUE NILE; EAST AFRICA; NILE RIVER; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WEST AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA SENEGAL;

EID: 33645846281     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.01.036     Document Type: Article

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