Non-structural carbohydrate dynamics in Robinia pseudoacacia saplings under three levels of continuous drought stress

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1837-1849

  Zhang, Ting ^a   Cao, Yang ^b   Chen, Yunming ^b   Liu, Guobin ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon starvation; Drought progression; Soluble sugars; Starch; Tree tissues

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; FORESTRY; HISTOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; STARCH; SUGARS; TISSUE;

CARBON STARVATION; NET PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; NON-STRUCTURAL CARBOHYDRATES; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOLUBLE SUGARS; TREE TISSUES;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84948386521     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-015-1265-5     Document Type: Article

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