Photosynthetic parameters in seedlings of Eucalyptus grandis as affected by rate of nitrogen supply

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1677-1688

  Grassi, Giacomo ^a   Meir, P ^b   Cromer, R ^c   Tompkins, D ^c   Jarvis, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaf mass per unit area; Photosynthesis; Respiration; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RESPIRATION; SEEDLING; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 0036900415     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2002.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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