Limited genetic variability and phenotypic plasticity detected for cavitation resistance in a Mediterranean pine

New Phytologist

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 874-886

  Lamy, Jean Baptiste ^a,b   Delzon, Sylvain ^a,c   Bouche, Pauline S ^a,c   Alia, Ricardo ^d   Vendramin, Giovanni Giuseppe ^e   Cochard, Hervé ^b,f   Plomion, Christophe ^a,c  

^a UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

^b PIAF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Genetic variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Pinus pinaster; Provenance progeny trial; QST FST comparison; Resistance to cavitation

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; GENETIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROVENANCE; SURVIVAL;

PINUS PINASTER;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PINUS PINASTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE-PROGENY TRIAL; QST/FST COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RESISTANCE TO CAVITATION; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; XYLEM;

DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PINUS PINASTER; PROVENANCE-PROGENY TRIAL; QST/FST COMPARISON; RESISTANCE TO CAVITATION;

CLIMATE; GENETIC VARIATION; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PHENOTYPE; PINUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOIL; XYLEM;

EID: 84891902438     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12556     Document Type: Article

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