Effects of water stress on irradiance acclimation of leaf traits in almond trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 450-463

  Egea, Gregorio ^a,b   González Real, María M ^a   Baille, Alain ^a   Nortes, Pedro A ^a,c   Conesa, María R ^a   Ruiz Salleres, Isabel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

irradiance; leaf structural traits; mesophyll conductance; nitrogen use efficiency; photosynthetic capacity; plasticity; Prunus dulcis; stem to leaf hydraulic conductance; stomatal conductance; water stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; RAIN; WATER;

ACCLIMATION; CHLOROPHYLL; FRUIT; GROWING SEASON; IRRADIANCE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; ONTOGENY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEMIARID REGION; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HISTOLOGY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PRUNUS; SEASON;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATE; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PRUNUS; RAIN; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 84860468579     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps016     Document Type: Article

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