Contrasting physiological responses of six Eucalyptus species to water deficit

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1507-1515

  Merchant, Andrew ^a   Callister, Andrew ^b   Arndt, Stefan ^b   Tausz, Michael ^b   Adams, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Osmotic adjustment; Water deficit; Water potential

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIOMASS; DICOTYLEDON; GAS EXCHANGE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; WATER CONTENT; WATER RELATIONS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLASSIFICATION; EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; EUCALYPTUS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EUCALYPTUS CLADOCALYX; EUCALYPTUS OBLIQUA; EUCALYPTUS POLYANTHEMOS; EUCALYPTUS RUBIDA; EUCALYPTUS TRICARPA;

EID: 36448990473     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm234     Document Type: Article

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