Do plants remember drought? Hints towards a drought-memory in grasses

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-40

  Walter, Julia ^a   Nagy, Laura ^b,e   Hein, Roman ^b,e   Rascher, Uwe ^c   Beierkuhnlein, Carl ^b   Willner, Evelin ^d   Jentsch, Anke ^e  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d Satellite Collections North   (Germany)

^e France   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Climate warming; Memory effect; Phenotypic plasticity; Recurrent drought stress; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; GRASS; GROWING SEASON; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WATER CONTENT;

ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; POACEAE;

EID: 78650533825     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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