The effect of u.v.-B radiation on u.v.-absorbing secondary metabolites in birch seedlings grown under simulated forest soil conditions

New Phytologist

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 617-621

  Lavola, Anu ^a   Julkunen Tiitto, Riitta ^a   Aphalo, Pedro ^a   De La Rosa, Tania ^a   Lehto, Tarja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Flavonoids; Nutrient deficiency; Phenolics; u.v. B radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031434449     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1997.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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