Water relations and adaptations to increasing water deficit in three perennial legumes, Medicago sativa, Dorycnium hirsutum and Dorycnium rectum

Plant and Soil

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 231-243

  Bell, Lindsay W ^a   Williams, Aleida H ^a   Ryan, Megan H ^a   Ewing, Mike A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canary clover; Drought; Lucerne; Osmotic adjustment; Photosynthesis; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT STRESS; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LEGUME; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER RELATIONS; WATER STRESS;

DESMODIUM; DORYCNIUM HIRSUTUM; DORYCNIUM RECTUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 33846441663     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-006-9155-7     Document Type: Article

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