Functional Plant Biology
Volume 37 Number 2 2010
RESEARCH FRONT: Drought Effects and Water Use Efficiency
FPv37n2_FODrought effects and water use efficiency: improving crop production in dry environments
Manuela Chaves and Bill Davies
pp. iii-vi
FP09219Breeding for improved water productivity in temperate cereals: phenotyping, quantitative trait loci, markers and the selection environment
Richard A. Richards, Greg J. Rebetzke, Michelle Watt, A. G. (Tony) Condon, Wolfgang Spielmeyer and Rudy Dolferus
pp. 85-97
FP09191Drought-induced changes in development and function of grapevine (Vitis spp.) organs and in their hydraulic and non-hydraulic interactions at the whole-plant level: a physiological and molecular update
Claudio Lovisolo, Irene Perrone, Andrea Carra, Alessandra Ferrandino, Jaume Flexas, Hipolito Medrano and Andrea Schubert
pp. 98-116
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FP09139Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and plant water use
Adrienne B. Nicotra and Amy Davidson
pp. 117-127
FP09175Partial rootzone drying and deficit irrigation increase stomatal sensitivity to vapour pressure deficit in anisohydric grapevines
Marisa J. Collins, Sigfredo Fuentes and Edward W. R. Barlow
pp. 128-138
FP09034Differences in stomatal responses and root to shoot signalling between two grapevine varieties subjected to drought
Alexandros Beis and Angelos Patakas
pp. 139-146
FP09121Partitioning of assimilates to deeper roots is associated with cooler canopies and increased yield under drought in wheat
Marta S. Lopes and Matthew P. Reynolds
pp. 147-156
FP09177Improvement of drought tolerance in white clover (Trifolium repens) by transgenic expression of a transcription factor gene WXP1
Qingzhen Jiang, Ji-Yi Zhang, Xiulin Guo, Mohamed Bedair, Lloyd Sumner, Joseph Bouton and Zeng-Yu Wang
pp. 157-165
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FP09174Stem solidness and its relationship to water-soluble carbohydrates: association with wheat yield under water deficit
Carolina Saint Pierre, Richard Trethowan and Matthew Reynolds
pp. 166-174
FP09181Improved plant nitrogen nutrition contributes to higher water use efficiency in tomatoes under alternate partial root-zone irrigation
Yaosheng Wang, Fulai Liu, Mathias N. Andersen and Christian R. Jensen
pp. 175-182