Photosynthesis and photoinhibition in response to drought in a pubescent (var. minor) and a glabrous (var. palaui) variety of Digitalis minor

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-111

  Galmés, Jeroni ^a   Medrano, Hipólito ^a   Flexas, Jaume ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Digitalis minor; Drought; Mediterranean; Photochemistry; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TRANSPIRATION; TRICHOME;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DIGITALIS MINOR;

EID: 33846506709     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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