The impact of long-term water stress on relative growth rate and morphology of needles and shoots of Metasequoia glyptostroboides seedlings: Research toward identifying mechanistic models

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-20

  Zhang, Yanxiang ^a,b   Equiza, Maria Alejandra ^b   Zheng, Quanshui ^a   Tyree, Melvin T ^b,c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Northern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CUPRESSACEAE; DEHYDRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING;

CUPRESSACEAE; DEHYDRATION; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; SEEDLING;

METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES;

EID: 80051574008     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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