Water potential regulation, stomatal behaviour and hydraulic transport under drought: deconstructing the iso/anisohydric concept

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 962-976

  Martínez Vilalta, Jordi ^a,b   Garcia Forner, Núria ^a  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

anisohydry; embolism; hydraulic architecture; isohydry; plant strategies; seasonal responses; stomata; water relations; xylem transport

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; DROUGHT STRESS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOMATA; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; VULNERABILITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; XYLEM;

WATER;

CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DEHYDRATION; DROUGHTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 85006964340     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12846     Document Type: Review

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