Leaf life span and the mobility of "non-mobile" mineral nutrients - The case of boron in conifers

Silva Fennica

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 671-680

  Aphalo, Pedro J ^a   Schoettle, Anna W ^a   Lehto, Tarja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boron; Conifers; Leaf life span; Model; Needle age; Nutrient mobility; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BORON; NUTRITION; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

LIFE SPAN;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BORON; LEAF; LONGEVITY; MOBILITY; NUTRIENT; TOXICITY;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0036407261     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.532     Document Type: Article

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