Role of flavanols in yellowing beech trees of the Black Forest

Tree Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 335-340

  Feucht, W ^a   Treutter, D ^a   Christ, E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

abscisic acid; catechins; Histology; leaf yellowing; tree decline

Indexed keywords

FAGUS;

EID: 0030956739     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/17.5.335     Document Type: Article

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