Embolism resistance as a key mechanism to understand adaptive plant strategies

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 287-292

  Lens, Frederic ^a   Tixier, Aude ^b   Cochard, Hervé ^b   Sperry, John S ^c   Jansen, Steven ^d   Herbette, Stephane ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; DROUGHT; EVOLUTION; FREEZING; GYMNOSPERM; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANGIOSPERMS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROUGHTS; FREEZING; GYMNOSPERMS; PHLOEM; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84878999449     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.02.005     Document Type: Review

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