Photosynthesis and photoinhibition in a tropical alpine giant rosette plant, Lobelia rhynchopetalum

New Phytologist

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 453-461

  Fetene, M ^a   Nauke, P ^b   Luttge U ^c   Beck, E ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leaf orientation; Lobelia rhynchopetalum; Non photochemical quenching; Photosynthesis; Tropical alpine regions

Indexed keywords

LOBELIA RHYNCHOPETALUM;

EID: 0031424286     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00844.x     Document Type: Article

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