Combined effects of nitrogen deposition and water stress on growth and physiological responses of two annual desert plants in northwestern China

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Zhou, Xiaobing ^a,b   Zhang, Yuanming ^a   Ji, Xuehua ^a,b   Downing, Alison ^c   Serpe, Marcelo ^d  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; N deposition; Proline; Soluble protein; Soluble sugar; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CORRELATION; DESERT; GROWTH RATE; LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOMASS; PROTEIN; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SUGAR; WATER STRESS;

CHINA; GURBANTUNGGUT DESERT; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; BASSIA HYSSOPIFOLIA; BRASSICACEAE; MALCOLMIA AFRICANA;

EID: 80054043108     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2010.12.005     Document Type: Review

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