Variation in δ13C values for different plant parts of an Oncidium orchid

Photosynthetica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 135-139

  Hew, C S ^a   Ng, C K Y ^a   Gouk, S S ^a   Yong, J W H ^a   Wong, S C ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bud; Floret; Fruit; Leaf; Peduncle; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; Pseudobulb; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase; Root

Indexed keywords

ONCIDIUM SPP.;

EID: 0030021284     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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