Regulation of photosynthesis and stomatal and mesophyll conductance under water stress and recovery in olive trees: Correlation with gene expression of carbonic anhydrase and aquaporins

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3143-3156

  Perez Martin, Alfonso ^a   Michelazzo, Chiara ^b   Torres Ruiz, Jose M ^a   Flexas, Jaume ^c   Fernández, José E ^a   Sebastiani, Luca ^b   Diaz Espejo, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

AQP; CA; Mesophyll conductance; OePIP; Olea; Photosynthesis limitations; Stomatal conductance; Water stress

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE;

DESICCATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OLIVE TREE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AQUAPORINS; CARBONIC ANHYDRASES; DESICCATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OLEA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84901391724     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru160     Document Type: Article

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