Effects of shoot bending on lateral fate and hydraulics: Invariant and changing traits across five apple genotypes

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3537-3547

  Han, Hyun Hee ^a,d   Coutand, Catherine ^b   Cochard, Hervé ^b   Trottier, Catherine ^c   Lauri, Pierre Éric ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apple; Bending; Biomechanics; Hydraulic conductance; Lateral type; Longitudinal strain; Radial location; Shoot tapering; Topological location

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BIOMECHANICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTANCE; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; RADIAL LOCATION; SHOOT TAPERING;

FRUITS;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT;

BIOMECHANICS; GENOTYPE; MALUS; PLANT SHOOTS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 36849069907     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm200     Document Type: Article

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