Growth and protection against oxidative stress in young clones and mature spruce trees (Picea abies L.) at high altitudes

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-156

  Polle, Andrea ^a   Baumbusch, Lars O ^b   Oschinski, Christa ^c   Eiblmeier, Monika ^b   Kuhlenkamp, Vivian ^d   Vollrath, Birgit ^d   Scholz, Florian ^d   Rennenberg, Heinz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Genetic variation; Glutathione reductase; Superoxide dismutase; Tree line growth

Indexed keywords

PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; SILVICULTURE; STRESS TOLERANCE;

ALTITUDE; ANTIOXIDANT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0032696312     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050916     Document Type: Article

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