Drought resistance and recovery in mature Bituminaria bituminosa var. albomarginata

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 154-169

  Foster, K ^a,b   Lambers, H ^a   Real, D ^a,b   Ramankutty, P ^a   Cawthray, G R ^a   Ryan, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Climate change; Osmotic adjustment; Paraheliotropism; Plant adaptation; Psoralea bituminosa; Rehydration; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALFALFA; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGROWTH; SOIL PROFILE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

BITUMINARIA BITUMINOSA; DESMODIUM; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84933034391     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aab.12171     Document Type: Article

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