Impacts of water stress on gas exchange, water relations, chlorophyll content and leaf structure in the two main Tunisian olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-263

  Guerfel, Mokhtar ^a   Baccouri, Olfa ^a   Boujnah, Dalenda ^b   Chaïbi, Wided ^c   Zarrouk, Mokhtar ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT DE L OLIVIER   (Tunisia)

^c Biodiversité and Biologie des Populations   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Leaf anatomy; Leaf water potential; Olea europaea L.; Photosynthesis; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CULTIVAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; WATER STRESS;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 57349098237     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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