An index of osmotic adjustment that allows comparison of its magnitude across species and experiments

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 478-482

  Turner, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; MOISTURE; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); TISSUE;

CONCENTRATION EFFECT; LEAF WATER CONTENT; OSMOTIC ADJUSTMENT (OA); OSMOTIC POTENTIAL;

OSMOSIS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VITIS SP.;

EID: 33748364783     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2006.00735.x     Document Type: Review

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