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Changes in mass allocation play a more prominent role than morphology in resource acquisition of the rhizomatous Leymus chinensis under drought stress.
Annals of botany - 4 Oct 2023
Yang Yuheng, Shi Yujie, Wei Xiaowei, Han Jiayu, Wang Junfeng, Mu Chunsheng, Zhang Jinwei
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Plants can respond to drought by changing their relative investments in the biomass and morphology of each organ. The aims of this study were to quantify the relative contribution of changes in morphology vs. allocation and determine how they affect each other. These results should help us understand the mechanisms that plants use to respond to drought events. METHODS: In a glasshouse...
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