Eco-physiological Adaptations to Limited Water Enviornments

Plant Abiotic Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-13

  Wood, Andrew J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Drought avoidance; Drought tolerance; Eco pysiology; Water limited environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876443331     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988503.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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