A vertical gradient of the chloroplast abundance among leaves of Chenopodium album

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Yamasaki, Takenobu ^a   Kudoh, Toshiyuki ^a   Kamimura, Yasumaro ^a   Katoh, Sakae ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canopy; Chenopodium album L.; Chloroplast; Photosynthesis; RuBP carboxylase; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM;

EID: 0030060176     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028912     Document Type: Article

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