Flooding tolerance of Paspalum dilatatum (Poaceae: Paniceae) from upland and lowland positions in a natural grassland

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 203, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 548-556

  Mollard, Federico P O ^a   Striker, Gustavo G ^a   Ploschuk, Edmundo L ^b   Vega, Andrea S ^b   Insausti, Pedro ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Fisiologicas y Ecologicas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma; Carbon fixation; Flooding; Intraspecific variation; Paspalum dilatatum; Water relations

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOODING; GRASS; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; UPLAND REGION;

PANICEAE; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DILATATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 50349089027     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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