Effects of UV-B radiation on Olea europaea: Comparisons between a greenhouse and a field experiment

Tree Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 905-908

  Liakoura, Vally ^a   Stavrianakou, Sotiria ^a   Liakopoulos, George ^a   Karabourniotis, George ^a   Manetas, Yiannis ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Common olive; Epidermal thickness; Ozone depletion; Phenolics; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; OZONE DEPLETION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0033232021     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/19.13.905     Document Type: Article

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