Response to water stress of some oleander cultivars suitable for pot plant production

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-431

  Lenzi, Anna ^a   Pittas, Lambros ^b   Martinelli, Tommaso ^a   Lombardi, Piero ^a   Tesi, Romano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Flowering pot plant; Nerium oleander L.; Photosynthesis; Water relations

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CONDITION FACTOR; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; GROWTH RATE; HORTICULTURE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); SENESCENCE; SHRUB; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; SUBSTRATE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS; WILTING;

NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER;

EID: 68549132273     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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