The contribution of drought-related decreases in foliar nitrogen concentration to decreases in photosynthetic capacity during and after drought in prairie grasses

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 173-182

  Heckathorn, Scott A ^a   DeLucia, Evan H ^b   Zielinski, Raymond E ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Drought; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Prairie grasses; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON ASSIMILATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DROUGHT; FLUORESCENCE; GRASS; MEMBRANE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RIBULOSE 1,5 BIPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; RIBULOSE 1,5 BIPHOSPHATE OXYGENASE; STOMATAL CLOSURE; THYLAKOID;

EID: 0031398195     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010123.x     Document Type: Article

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