How tree roots respond to drought

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue JULY, 2015, Pages

  Brunner, Ivano ^a   Herzog, Claude ^a,b   Dawes, Melissa A ^a   Arend, Matthias ^a   Sperisen, Christoph ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Avoidance; Carbon sequestration; Hydraulic signals; Molecular responses; Mycorrhizas; Tolerance; Tree root traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938301615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00547     Document Type: Article

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