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The physiological basis for genetic variation in water use efficiency and carbon isotope composition in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Photosynthesis research - 1 Feb 2014
Easlon Hsien Ming, Nemali Krishna S, Richards James H, Hanson David T, Juenger Thomas E, McKay John K
Abstract excerpt
Ecologists and physiologists have documented extensive variation in water use efficiency (WUE) in Arabidopsis thaliana, as well as association of WUE with climatic variation. Here, we demonstrate correlations of whole-plant transpiration efficiency and carbon isotope composition (δ(13)C) among life history classes of A. thaliana. We also use a whole-plant cuvette to examine patterns of co-variation in component...
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