Grazing winter wheat relieves plant water stress and transiently enhances photosynthesis

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 726-736

  Harrison, Matthew T ^a,b   Kelman, Walter M ^a   Moore, Andrew D ^a   Evans, John R ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

defoliation; herbivory; leaf mass per unit area; Rubisco; specific leaf area; transpiration

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION RATE; EVAPORATIVE DEMANDS; HERBIVORY; LEAF AREA; LEAF AREA INDEX; LEAF MASS PER UNIT AREAS; LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS; LEAF WATER; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; LEAF WATER STATUS; NITROGEN CONTENT; PER UNIT; PHOTOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES; PLANT WATER STRESS; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; RUBISCO; RUBISCO ACTIVITY; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.); WINTER WHEAT;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORESTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RAIN; TRANSPIRATION; WATER CONTENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEFOLIATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVAPORATION; FIELDWORK; GRAZING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; INFILTRATION; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77955073135     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP10040     Document Type: Article

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