Pattern of photoassimilate partitioning in pseudobulbous and rhizomatous terrestrial orchids

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 93-104

  Hew, C S ^a   Koh, K T ^a   Khoo, G H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bromheadia finlaysoniana; Photoassimilate partitioning; Pseudobulb; Rhizome; Spathoglottis unguiculata; Stem internode; Tropical terrestrial orchids

Indexed keywords

INFLORESCENCE; PHOTOASSIMILATE PARTITIONING; PLANT METABOLISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

BROMHEADIA FINLAYSONIANA; SPATHOGLOTTIS UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0031661959     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(98)00024-0     Document Type: Article

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