Plasticity and evolution in drought avoidance and escape in the annual plant Brassica rapa

New Phytologist

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 249-257

  Franks, Steven J ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; Contemporary evolution; Drought; Global climate change; Natural selection; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant phenology; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GROWING SEASON; HERB; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEED; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

CARBON; GAS; WATER;

ADAPTATION; BRASSICA; DROUGHT; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GAS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRASSICA; CARBON ISOTOPES; DROUGHTS; FLOWERS; GASES; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 79951979904     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03603.x     Document Type: Article

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