The physiological and nutritional responses to an excess of boron by Verna lemon trees that were grafted on four contrasting rootstocks

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1513-1526

  Gimeno, Vicente ^a   Simón, Inma ^b   Nieves, Manuel ^b   Martínez, Vicente ^a   Cámara Zapata, José M ^b   García, Antonio L ^c   García Sánchez, Francisco ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boron toxicity; Citrus rootstock; Growth; Net assimilation of CO 2; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; AGRICULTURAL USE; BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; BORON TOXICITY; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CITRUS PLANT; CITRUS ROOTSTOCK; CITRUS SPECIES; CITRUS TREE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; MINERAL NUTRITION; NET ASSIMILATION OF CO 2; NUTRIENT SOLUTION; NUTRITIONAL RESPONSE; ORGANIC SOLUTES; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT TISSUES; SEMI-ARID ENVIRONMENTS; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

BORON; FORESTRY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); NUTRIENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ASSIMILATION; BORON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CITRUS; GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; PLANT TISSUES; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TOXICITY;

CITRONCIRUS WEBBERI; CITRUS; CITRUS AURANTIUM; CITRUS LIMON; CITRUS MACROPHYLLA; CITRUS SINENSIS X PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA; CLEOPATRA MANDARIN;

EID: 84866447654     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-012-0724-5     Document Type: Article

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