Ecotypic responses to flood and drought in tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia)

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 864-876

  Shepherd, Mervyn ^a   Wood, Rachel ^a   Bloomfield, Camilla ^a   Raymond, Carolyn ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adaptation; adventitious rooting; aerenchyma; plasticity; root:shoot ratio.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; BIOMASS; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOTYPE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLOODING; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANTATION; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; TOLERANCE;

AUSTRALIA;

MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 84938356985     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP14311     Document Type: Article

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