Morpho-anatomical traits for plant adaptation to drought

Plant Responses to Drought Stress: From Morphological to Molecular Features

Volumn 9783642326530, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-61

  De Micco, Veronica ^a   Aronne, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32653-0_2     Document Type: Chapter

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