Why is it so difficult to identify a single indicator of water stress in plants? A proposal for a multivariate analysis to assess emergent properties

Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 578-585

  Bertolli, S C ^a,b   Mazzafera, P ^c   Souza, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE PAULISTA UNOESTE   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complex systems; Emergence; Hierarchy; Photosynthesis; Principal components analysis; Stress; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; WATER STRESS;

PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROLINE; SUCROSE; WATER;

BIOMASS; BRACHIARIA; DEHYDRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUBILITY; SOYBEAN;

BIOMASS; BRACHIARIA; DEHYDRATION; MEMBRANES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; PHENOLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROLINE; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUBILITY; SOYBEANS; SUCROSE; WATER;

EID: 84898022444     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/plb.12088     Document Type: Article

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