Growth, stomatal resistance, and transpiration of Aloe vera under different soil water potentials

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Rodriguez Garcia R ^a   Rodríguez, D Jasso de ^a   Gil Marin J A ^a   Angulo Sanchez J L ^b   Lira Saldivar, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA AGRARIA ANTONIO NARRO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN QUÍMICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; CAM plants; Growth; Soil water stress; Stomatal resistance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; METABOLISM; SOILS; TRANSPIRATION;

ALOE VERA; CAM PLANTS; SOIL WATER STRESS; STOMATAL RESISTANCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MONOCOTYLEDON; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS;

ALOE VERA; CRASSULACEAE;

BIOLOGICAL RESISTANCE; CULTIVATION; MEDICAL USE; PLANT;

EID: 33846000633     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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