Low root reserve accumulation during drought may lead to winter mortality in poplar seedlings

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-148

  Galvez, David A ^a,b   Landhausser S M ^a   Tyree, M T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon and hydraulic stress; Carbon limitation; Desiccation; Hydraulic failure; Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) reserves; Populus balsamifera; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

STARCH; WATER;

ACCUMULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COLD TOLERANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DESICCATION; DORMANCY; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SEEDLING; WINTER;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; GAS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PLANT STOMA; POPULUS; SEASON; SEEDLING; SOLUBILITY;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DESICCATION; DROUGHTS; GASES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANT STOMATA; POPULUS; SEASONS; SEEDLING; SOLUBILITY; STARCH; WATER;

POPULUS; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84874211507     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12129     Document Type: Article

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