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Roots play a key role in drought-tolerance of poplars as suggested by reciprocal grafting between male and female clones.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 Aug 2020
Chen Shengxian, Yi Lita, Korpelainen Helena, Yu Fei, Liu Meihua
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Drought stress influences the growth of plants and thus grafting has been widely used to improve tolerance to abiotic stresses. Poplars possess sex-specific responses to drought stress, but how male or female rootstock affect the grafted plant is little known. To explore the mechanisms underlying changes in drought tolerance caused by grafting, we investigated the changes in growth, leaf traits, gas exchange and...
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