TY - T1 - Roots play a key role in drought-tolerance of poplars as suggested by reciprocal grafting between male and female clones SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/323971 T3 - A1 - Chen, Shengxian; Yi, Lita; Korpelainen, Helena; Yu, Fei; Liu, Meihua A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - 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 antioxidant enzyme activities of reciprocally grafted seedlings between Populus eura... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Drought stress; Reciprocal grafting; Growth characteristics; Protective enzymes; Gas exchange; Poplars; SEX-SPECIFIC RESPONSES; POPULUS-CATHAYANA; WATER; STRESS; GROWTH; RESISTANCE; LEAF; CULTIVARS; PLANTS; SOIL; 11831 Plant biology; 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology N1 - PP - ER -