Growth and nocturnal acid accumulation during early ontogeny of Agave attenuata grown in nutrient solution and in vitro culture

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Wen, H ^a   Wagner, J ^a   Larcher, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Crassulacean acid metabolism; dry mass; noctumal acid accumulation; relative growth rate

Indexed keywords

AGAVE ATTENUATA;

EID: 0030966701     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000342818872     Document Type: Article

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