When is breeding for drought tolerance optimal if drought is random?

New Phytologist

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-80

  Sambatti, Julianno B M ^a,b   Caylor, Kelly K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought adaptation; Drought tolerance; Global warming; Norms of reaction; Plant growth rate; Plant responses; Random environment

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GROWTH RATE; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL WATER; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; DISASTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 34249812075     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02067.x     Document Type: Article

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