Assessment of Tunisian Trigonella foenum-graecum diversity using physiological parameters

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 427-431

  Marzougui, Nidhal ^a   Guasmi, Ferdaous ^a   Boubaya, Anissa ^a   Elfalleh, Walid ^a   Lachieheb, Belgacem ^a   Ferchichi, Ali ^a   Beji, Mohamed ^b  

^a Arid Area Institute   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Classification; Diversity; Mesophyll conductance; PCA; Photosynthesis rate; Stomatal conductance; Test of Mantel; Transpiration rate; Trigonella foenum graecum; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CULTIVAR; FENUGREEK; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INFRARED RADIATION; MESOPHYLL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 73949128460     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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