Root starch storage and allocation patterns in seeder and resprouter seedlings of two Cape Erica (Ericaceae) species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1189-1196

  Verdaguer, Dolors ^a   Ojeda, Fernando ^b,c  

^a Dept de Ciències Ambientals   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c Campus Río San Pedro   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cape Floristic Region; Erica; Ericaceae; Fynbos; Lignotuber; Post fire regeneration; Root: shoot ratio; Starch storage tissue

Indexed keywords

FIRE; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; STARCH; STORAGE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CALYCINA; COCCOIDEA; ERICA; ERICA CALYCINA; ERICA COCCINEA; ERICACEAE;

EID: 0036678839     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.89.8.1189     Document Type: Article

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