Hydraulic efficiency and coordination with xylem resistance to cavitation, leaf function, and growth performance among eight unrelated Populus deltoides×Populus nigra hybrids

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2093-2106

  Fichot, Régis ^a,b,c,f   Chamaillard, Sylvain ^a,b,c   Depardieu, Claire ^a,b,g   Le Thiec, Didier ^d   Cochard, Hervé ^e   Barigah, Têt S ^e   Brignolas, Franck ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b USC1328 Arbres et Réponses Aux Contraintes Hydriques et Environnementales   (France)

^c National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^d LERFoB   (France)

^e PIAF   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

high pressure flowmeter (HPFM) hydraulic architecture; hydraulic conductance relative growth rate trade offs water relations water use efficiency xylem vulnerability to cavitation

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; XYLEM;

GENOTYPE; PLANT STOMATA; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POPULUS; WATER; XYLEM;

POPULUS;

EID: 79952841199     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq415     Document Type: Article

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