Water relations of phyllodinous and non-phyllodinous Acacias, with particular reference to osmotic adjustment

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-403

  Warwick, Nigel W M ^a   Thukten, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; OSMOSIS; RAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GERMPLASMS; GROWTH RESPONSES; RELATIVE WATER CONTENT (RWC); WATER STRESS;

HARDWOODS;

DROUGHT; HARDWOODS; OSMOSIS;

ACACIA;

EID: 33748364570     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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