Plant-plant signalling, the shade-avoidance response and competition

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 340, 1999, Pages 1629-1634

  Aphalo, Pedro J ^a,c   Ballaré, Carlos L ^b   Scopel, Ana L ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Competition; Informational signals; Photomorphogenesis; Phytochrome; Shade avoidance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032744624     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.340.1629     Document Type: Review

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