Photosynthesis and leaf structure in domesticated cassava (euphorbiaceae) and a close wild relative: have leaf photosynthetic parameters evolved under domestication?

Biotropica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-312

  Pujol, Benoît ^a,b   Salager, Jean Louis ^a   Beltran, Michèle ^a   Bousquet, Sandie ^c   McKey, Doyle ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural environments; Ecophysiology; French Guiana; Manihot esculenta Crantz; Photosynthetic traits; Resource use strategy

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DICOTYLEDON; DOMESTICATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GAS EXCHANGE; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE USE; WILD POPULATION;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 42649097253     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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