Morpho-anatomical changes and photosynthetic metabolism of Stenocereus beneckei seedlings under soil water deficit

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3165-3174

  Ayala Cordero, Gabriela ^a   Terrazas, Teresa ^b   López Mata, Lauro ^a   Trejo, Carlos ^a  

^a Colegio de Posgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CAM; Collapsible parenchyma cells; Development; Drought; Oxalate crystals

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSIBLE PARENCHYMA CELLS; CRASSULACEAN ACID METABOLISM (CAM); CUTICLES; OXALATE CRYSTALS;

CELLS; DROUGHT; GROWTH (MATERIALS); METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CALCIUM OXALATE; PROTON; STARCH; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CACTACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SOIL;

BIOMASS; CACTACEAE; CALCIUM OXALATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTONS; SEEDLING; SOIL; STARCH; WATER;

DROUGHT; SEEDS;

CACTACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; STENOCEREUS;

EID: 33748987903     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl078     Document Type: Article

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