Adaptive value and costs of physiological plasticity to soil moisture limitation in recombinant inbred lines of Avena barbata

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-224

  Maherali, Hafiz ^a   Caruso, Christina M ^a   Sherrard, Mark E ^a   Latta, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avena barbata; Costs of plasticity; Genotype x environment interaction; Phenotypic plasticity; Photosynthesis; Water stress

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARIDITY; ECOTYPE; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASS; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INBREEDING; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECOMBINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STOMATA; WATER STRESS;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; INBREEDING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; INBREEDING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; WATER;

AVENA BARBATA;

EID: 76249130858     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/649598     Document Type: Article

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