Control of leaf growth and its role in determining variation in plant growth rate from an ecological perspective

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-18

  Bultynck, L ^a   Fiorani, F ^b   Lambers, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cellular growth; Environmental factors; Grasses; Leaf appearance rate; Leaf elongation rate; Relative growth rate; Shoot growth

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; LEAF;

POACEAE;

EID: 0032905991     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00703.x     Document Type: Review

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