Green cotyledons of two Hakea species control seedling mass and morphology by supplying mineral nutrients rather than organic compounds

New Phytologist

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-110

  Lamont, Byron B ^a   Groom, Philip K ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon reserves; Cotyledons; Hakea; Mineral nutrition; Nutrient reserves; Root; Seedlings; Shoot ratio; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MINERAL; NUTRITION; SEEDLING; SOIL FERTILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

HAKEA;

EID: 0036140549     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0028-646X.2001.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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