The impacts of water stress on phloem transport in Douglas-fir trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-14

  Woodruff, David R ^a   Ryan, Michael ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

drought; growth limitation; non structural carbohydrates; Pseudotsuga menziesii; tree height

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CARBOHYDRATE; DROUGHT; GLUCOSE; HEIGHT; PHLOEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SUCROSE; TREE; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SUCROSE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; DOUGLAS FIR; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH LIMITATION; HISTOLOGY; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEASON; SOIL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; TREE; TREE HEIGHT; UNITED STATES; VISCOSITY; XYLEM;

DROUGHT; GROWTH LIMITATION; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TREE HEIGHT;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DEHYDRATION; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; PHLOEM; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PSEUDOTSUGA; SEASONS; SOIL; SUCROSE; TREES; VISCOSITY; WASHINGTON; WATER; XYLEM;

EID: 84893111812     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt106     Document Type: Article

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