A greenhouse investigation of responses to different water stress regimes of Laurus nobilis trees from two climatic regions

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-337

  Maatallah, S ^a,b   Ghanem, M E ^b   Albouchi, A ^c   Bizid, E ^a   Lutts, S ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Apoplastic water content; Bulk modulus of elasticity; Drought; Glycinebetaine; Laurel; Osmoregulation; Proline

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BULK MODULUS; CELLULOSE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DICOTYLEDON; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; OSMOREGULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; NORTH AFRICA;

LAURUS; LAURUS NOBILIS;

EID: 72049094526     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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