Gas exchange and hydraulics in seedlings of Hevea brasiliensis during water stress and recovery

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 876-885

  Chen, Jun Wen ^a,b   Zhang, Qiang ^a,c   Li, Xiao Shuang ^a   Cao, Kun Fang ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

drought; embolism; hydraulic conductivity; photosynthesis; recovery

Indexed keywords

WATER; SOIL;

DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEEDLING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEVEA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING; SOIL; TIME;

HEVEA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; SEEDLING; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 77956284177     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq043     Document Type: Article

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