Non-invasive tools to estimate stress-induced changes in photosynthetic performance in plants inhabiting Mediterranean areas

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-52

  Guidi, Lucia ^a   Calatayud, Angeles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Climate change; Gas exchange; Oxidative stress; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON FIXATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSIPATION; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; HABITAT TYPE; LIGHT INTENSITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84897964453     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2013.12.007     Document Type: Article

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