Summer dormancy and winter growth: Root survival strategy in a perennial monocotyledon

New Phytologist

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1085-1096

  Shane, Michael W ^a   McCully, Margaret E ^b   Canny, Martin J ^c   Pate, John S ^a   Ngo, Hai ^a   Mathesius, Ulrike ^c   Cawthray, Gregory R ^a   Lambers, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compatible solute; Restionaceae; Root dormancy; Sand binding root

Indexed keywords

PROLINE; SUCROSE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DORMANCY; GROWTH RATE; MONOCOTYLEDON; OVERWINTERING; PROTEIN; ROOT SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CELL RESPIRATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; SEASON;

ANGIOSPERMS; CELL RESPIRATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PROLINE; SEASONS; SUCROSE; WATER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

LILIOPSIDA; LYGINIA BARBATA; RESTIONACEAE;

EID: 68749122021     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02875.x     Document Type: Article

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