Stomatal oscillations in orange trees under natural climatic conditions

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 831-835

  Steppe, Kathy ^a   Dzikiti, Sebinasi ^b   Lemeur, Raoul ^a   Milford, James R ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Citrus sinensis; Leaf water potential; Natural climatic conditions; Orange tree; Sap flow; Stomatal conductance; Stomatal oscillation; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ORCHARD; PLANT; SAP FLOW; STOMATA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CITRUS FRUIT; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CITRUS; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 33646234702     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl031     Document Type: Article

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