Are winter adaptive changes in glutathione and chlorophyll contents in spruce needles triggered by low temperatures or short days?

Phyton - Annales Rei Botanicae

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-174

  Herbinger, Karin ^a   Tausz, Michael ^a   Grill, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Glutathione; Oxidative stress; Picea abies; Seasonal variations; Winter adaptation

Indexed keywords

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0033367935     PISSN: 00792047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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