Drought Tolerance of Selected Eragrostis Species Correlates with Leaf Tensile Properties
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Drought tolerance of selected Eragrostis species correlates with leaf tensile properties.
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Botany
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1095-8290,0305-7364
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl068