Respiratory costs and rate of protein turnover in the roots of a fast-growing (Dactylis glomerata L.) and a slow-growing (Festuca ovina L.) grass species

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 347, 2000, Pages 1089-1097

  Scheurwater, Ingeborg ^a   Dünnebacke, Monika ^a,b   Eising, Rainer ^b   Lambers, Hans ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dactylis glomerata L.; Festuca ovina L.; Maintenance; Protein turnover; Relative growth rate; Specific respiratory costs

Indexed keywords

DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA OVINA; POACEAE;

EID: 0034046580     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/51.347.1089     Document Type: Article

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