Water use efficiency, transpiration and net CO2 exchange of four alfalfa genotypes submitted to progressive drought and subsequent recovery

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 123-130

  Erice, Gorka ^a,b   Louahlia, Saïd ^c   Irigoyen, Juan José ^b   Sánchez Díaz, Manuel ^b   Alami, I Thami ^d   Avice, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^d Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Carbon isotope discrimination; Drought; Leaf conductance to water; Lucerne; Net CO2 exchange; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORRELATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; DROUGHT STRESS; GENOTYPE; HERB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EUROPE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOAPA;

EID: 79957811991     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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