Interactions between shoot age structure, nutrient availability and physiological integration in the giant bamboo Phyllostachys pubescens

Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 437-446

  Li, R ^a,b,c   Werger, M J A ^a   De Kroon, H ^d   During, H J ^a   Zhong, Z C ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age structure; Bamboo; Clonal growth; Patchy fertilization; Physiological integration; Vegetative reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGE; CLONE; CROP; FERTILIZER; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RHIZOME; SHOOT DEVELOPMENT; SHOOT; SURVIVAL;

AGE STRUCTURE; GROWTH; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVORSHIP;

PHYLLOSTACHYS PUBESCENS;

EID: 0033838228     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-5962     Document Type: Article

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