Photosynthesis of Festuca rupicola and Bothriochloa ischaemum under degradation and cutting pressure in a semiarid loess grassland

Photosynthetica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 399-407

  Szente, K ^a   Nagy, Z ^a   Tuba, Z ^a   Fekete, G ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

net photosynthetic rate; nitrogen use efficiency; proteins; saccharides; specific leaf mass; starch; transpiration; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM; FESTUCA RUPICOLA; FESTUCETUM; ISCHAEMUM;

EID: 0029903605     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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