Soil water effect on crop growth, leaf gas exchange, water and radiation use efficiency of Saccharum spontaneum L. Ssp. aegyptiacum (willd.) hackel in semi-arid mediterranean environment

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 185-191

  Scordia, Danilo ^a   Testa, Giorgio ^a   Cosentino, Salvatore L ^a   Copani, Venera ^a   Patanè, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR IVALSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomass yield; CO2 assimilation rate; Leaf area index; Marginal land; Radiation use efficiency; Saccharum spontaneum; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROP YIELD; ENERGY CROP; GAS EXCHANGE; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM;

EID: 84949772671     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2015.672     Document Type: Article

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