The effect of water stress on photosynthesis, respiration and relative chlorophyll index of the desert plant Calotropis procera

Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 653-658

  Akhkha, Abdellah ^a  

^a TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Calotropis procera; Chlorophyll index; Photosynthesis; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BREATHING; CALOTROPIS; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DROUGHT STRESS; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; WATER DEFICIT;

CALOTROPIS PROCERA;

EID: 76149107219     PISSN: 09731245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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