Bigger is not always better: Reducing leaf area helps stay-green sorghum use soil water more slowly

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 138, Issue , 2017, Pages 119-129

  George Jaeggli, Barbara ^a,b   Mortlock, Miranda Yolanda ^b   Borrell, Andrew Kenneth ^b  

^a Hermitage Research Station   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Canopy development; Drought; Senescence; Sorghum; Stay green; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DROUGHT; FLOWERING; INTROGRESSION; LEAF AREA; LYSIMETER; SOIL WATER; SORGHUM; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE;

EID: 85016158573     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.03.002     Document Type: Article

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