Root and shoot growth, assimilate partitioning and cell proliferation in roots of sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) grown in filtered and unfiltered chambers

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-347

  Bambridge, L ^a,c   Harmer, R ^b   Macleod, R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assimilate partitioning; Cell proliferation in roots; Open top chambers; Picea sitchensis; Root growth

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHARCOAL;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE; EXPERIMENT; FORESTRY; MASS; MITOSIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; POLLUTION CONTROL; TREE;

PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0029886705     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(95)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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