Polyploidy enhances the occupation of heterogeneous environments through hydraulic related trade-offs in Atriplex canescens (Chenopodiaceae)

Guang-You Hao; Mary E. Lucero; Stewart Sanderson; Elizabeth H. Zacharias; N. Michele Holbrook

doi:10.1111/nph.12051

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Polyploidy enhances the occupation of heterogeneous environments through hydraulic related trade-offs in Atriplex canescens (Chenopodiaceae)

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Authors:

Guang-You Hao, Mary E. Lucero, Stewart Sanderson, Elizabeth H. Zacharias, N. Michele Holbrook

Year:

2013

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12051

Source:

New Phytologist. 197: 970-978.

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Abstract

Plant hydraulic characteristics were studied in diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid cytotypes of Atriplex canescens (Chenopodiaceae) to investigate the potential physiological basis underlying the intraspecific habitat differentiation among plants of different ploidy levels.

Keywords

desert, drought tolerance, flow cytometry, niche differentiation, plant hydraulics, polyploidy, saltbush, water relations

Citation

Hao, Guang-You; Lucero, Mary E.; Sanderson, Stewart C.; Zacharias, Elizabeth H.; Holbrook, N. Michele. 2013. Polyploidy enhances the occupation of heterogeneous environments through hydraulic related trade-offs in Atriplex canescens (Chenopodiaceae). New Phytologist. 197: 970-978.