Contrasting responses to drought stress in herbaceous perennial legumes

Plant and Soil

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 299-314

  Pang, Jiayin ^a,c   Yang, Jiyun ^b   Ward, Phil ^a,c   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^a   Lambers, Hans ^a   Tibbett, Mark ^a,d   Ryan, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Morphology; Osmotic adjustment; Perennial legumes; Photosynthesis; Root distribution; Water potential

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAF AREA; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; ROOT SYSTEM; SELECTIVE BREEDING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

AUSTRALIA;

DESMODIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 80053576540     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-011-0904-x     Document Type: Article

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