Transpiration does not control growth and nutrient supply in the amphibious plant Mentha aquatica

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 117-123

  Pedersen, O ^a   Sand Jensen, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

emergent macrophyte; Mentha aquatica; nutrient translocation; nutrient uptake; submerged macrophytes; transpiration; water transport

Indexed keywords

MENTHA; MENTHA AQUATICA; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031056269     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-12.x     Document Type: Article

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