Physiological and morphological responses of red alder and sitka alder to flooding

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 653-663

  Batzli, Janet McCray ^a   Dawson, Jeffrey O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventitious roots; alcohol dehydrogenase; Alnus rubra; Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata; flood tolerance; nitrogenase activity; photosynthesis; red alder; relative growth rate; sitka alder; stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

ALNUS RUBRA; ALNUS VIRIDIS; ALNUS VIRIDIS SINUATA; BETULACEAE;

EID: 0031002644     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990418.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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