No trade-off between hydraulic and mechanical properties in several transgenic poplars modified for lignins metabolism

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 77, Issue , 2012, Pages 185-195

  Awad, Hosam ^a,b   Herbette, Stéphane ^a,b   Brunel, Nicole ^a,b   Tixier, Aude ^a,b   Pilate, Gilles ^c   Cochard, Hervé ^a,b   Badel, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Embolism; Forest trees; Hydraulic efficiency; Hydraulic properties; Lignin; Mechanical properties; Trade off; Water stress; Woody plants; Xylem cavitation; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CLONE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGNIN; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; METABOLISM; SAP FLOW; TRADE-OFF; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VULNERABILITY; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POPULUS;

EID: 83755174109     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2011.11.023     Document Type: Article

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