Histology of magnesium-deficient Norway spruce needles influenced by nitrogen source

Tree Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 301-310

  Puech, Laurence ^a   Mehne Jakobs, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

chlorophyll; magnesium deficiency; needle histology; Picea abies; starch accumulation

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PICEA ABIES; SPHERULES;

EID: 0030906231     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/17.5.301     Document Type: Article

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