Identification of drought-tolerant plants for roadside greening-An evaluation of chlorophyll fluorescence as an indicator to screen for drought tolerance

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 177-184

  Ow, Lai Fern ^a   Yeo, T Y ^a   Sim, E K ^a  

^a SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Green foliage cover; Photochemistry activity; Screening techniques; Soil moisture; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BIOINDICATOR; CHLOROPHYLL; DIGITAL IMAGE; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRRIGATION; LIMITING FACTOR; LINEARITY; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SENESCENCE; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOLERANCE;

CHLOROPHYTUM; COREOPSIS; COREOPSIS GRANDIFLORA; ELEPHANTOPUS SCABER; EVOLVULUS NUTTALLIANUS; LANTANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYLLANTHUS COCHINCHINENSIS; RUSSELIA EQUISETIFORMIS; STENOTAPHRUM SECUNDATUM; TALINUM TRIANGULARE; TRADESCANTIA; TRADESCANTIA ZEBRINA;

EID: 79960286099     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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