Drought tolerance of two black poplar (Populus nigra L.) clones: Contribution of carbohydrates and oxidative stress defence

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1724-1736

  Regier, Nicole ^a   Streb, Sebastian ^b   Cocozza, Claudia ^c   Schaub, Marcus ^a   Cherubini, Paolo ^a   Zeeman, Samuel C ^b   Frey, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Leaf gas exchange; QRT PCR; Root; Starch degrading enzymes; Superoxide dismutase activity

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER;

CARBOHYDRATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLONAL ORGANISM; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS EXCHANGE; GENE EXPRESSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEFENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROOT; SHOOT; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STOMA;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STOMATA; POPULUS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, PLANT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER;

POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 70449120177     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.02030.x     Document Type: Article

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