Mechanisms underlying plant resilience to water deficits: Prospects for water-saving agriculture

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 407, 2004, Pages 2365-2384

  Chaves, M M ^a,c   Oliveira, M M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Diffusional and metabolic limitations; Genetic engineering; Photosynthesis; Water deficits; Water saving irrigation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEHYDRATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROTEINS; WATER;

CARBON ASSIMILATION; FUNCTIONAL PROTEINS; SYSTEMIC SIGNALS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; AGRICULTURE; CHLOROPLAST; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CHLOROPLASTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; DEHYDRATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANTS; WATER;

EID: 8444247981     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh269     Document Type: Conference Paper

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