Xylem vulnerability to cavitation varies among poplar and willow clones and correlates with yield

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1761-1767

  Cochard, Hervé ^a   Casella, Eric ^b   Mencuccini, Maurizio ^c  

^a PIAF   (France)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; Embolism; Genotypic variability; Xylem physiology

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; CLONE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; VULNERABILITY; XYLEM; YIELD;

POPULUS; SALIX;

EID: 37849054246     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.12.1761     Document Type: Article

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