Effects of nitrogen supply on the anatomy and chemical composition of leaves of four grass species belonging to the genus Poa, as determined by image-processing analysis and pyrolysis-mass spectrometry

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 881-897

  Van Arendonk, J J C M ^a   Niemann, G J ^a   Boon, J J ^b   Lambers, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidermal cells; Poa species; Pyrolysis mass spectrometry; Relative growth rate; Sclerenchymatic cells; Specific leaf mass

Indexed keywords

POA; POA ANNUA; POA COMPRESSA; POA PRATENSIS; POA TRIVIALIS;

EID: 0030762005     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-135.x     Document Type: Article

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