Thigmomorphogenesis: A dose response to flexing in Ulmus americana seedlings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-68

  Telewski, Frank W ^a   Pruyn, Michele L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American elm; Diameter; Flexure; Height; Leaf area; Mechanical loading; Mechanical stress; Wind

Indexed keywords

ULMUS; ULMUS AMERICANA;

EID: 0031951840     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/18.1.65     Document Type: Article

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