Photosynthetic responses of Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus, a shade-tolerant, C4 grass, to variable light environments

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-19

  Horton, J L ^a,b   Neufeld, H S ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C4 pathway; Induction; Microstegium vimineum; Photosynthesis; Sunflecks

Indexed keywords

C4; INTRODUCED PLANT; LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SHADE TOLERANCE;

USA;

MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM;

EID: 0031919083     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050414     Document Type: Article

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