Photosynthetic characteristics of an amphibious C4 plant, Eleocharis retroflexa ssp. chaetaria

Plant Production Science

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-173

  Takeda, Tomoshiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibious plant; C4 photosynthesis; Ekocharis retroflexa ssp. Chaetaria; Kranz anatomy; Photosynthetic carbon metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000338660     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.1.165     Document Type: Article

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