Quantitative variation in water-use efficiency across water regimes and its relationship with circadian, vegetative, reproductive, and leaf gas-exchange traits

Molecular Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 653-668

  Edwards, Christine E ^a,b   Ewers, Brent E ^a   McClung, C Robertson ^c   Lou, Ping ^c   Weinig, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; drought; ecophysiology; floral traits; G matrix; leaf gas exchange traits; vegetative traits; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA RAPA;

EID: 84861399862     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss004     Document Type: Article

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