Leaf hydraulic conductance declines in coordination with photosynthesis, transpiration and leaf water status as soybean leaves age regardless of soil moisture

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 6617-6627

  Locke, Anna M ^a   Ort, Donald R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; drought; leaf age; leaf hydraulic conductance; leaf water potential; photosynthesis; senescence; stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

RAIN; SOIL; WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; SOYBEAN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; DROUGHTS; HUMIDITY; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; RAIN; SOIL; SOYBEANS; WATER;

EID: 84922426791     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru380     Document Type: Article

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