Phragmites die-back: Sulphide- and acetic acid-induced bud and root death, lignifications, and blockages within aeration and vascular systems

New Phytologist

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 601-614

  Armstrong, J ^a   Afreen Zobayed, F ^a   Armstrong, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerenchyma and vascular occlusions; Callus and lignification; Die back; Phragmites; Phytotoxins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001372643     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1996.tb04925.x     Document Type: Article

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