Penetration of UV-A, UV-B and blue light through the leaf trichome layers of two xeromorphic plants, olive and oak, measured by optical fibre microprobes

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 655-661

  Karabourniotis, George ^a   Bornman, Janet F ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAF DAMAGE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TRICHOME; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; XEROMORPHIC PLANT;

EID: 0033048132     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.105409.x     Document Type: Article

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