The effects of nitrogen fertilisation and elevated CO2 on the lipid biosynthesis and carbon isotopic discrimination in birch seedlings (Betula pendula)

Plant and Soil

Volumn 216, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 35-45

  Huang, Y ^a   Eglinton, G ^a   Ineson, P ^b   Bol, R ^c,d   Harkness, D D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Carbon isotopic fractionation; CO2 concentration; Lipids; Nitrogen fertilisation

Indexed keywords

BETULA PENDULA; PENDULA;

EID: 0033492603     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004771431093     Document Type: Article

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