Increased growth of young citrus trees under reduced radiation load in a semi-arid climate

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 381, 2003, Pages 365-373

  Raveh, E ^a   Cohen, S ^a   Raz, T ^b   Yakir, D ^c   Grava, A ^a   Goldschmidt, E E ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate allocation; Carbon isotopes; Leaf conductance; Partitioning; Photosynthesis; Screen; Shade; Water relations; 13C

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT RADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STARCH;

SEMI-ARID CLIMATE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CITRUS; CITRUS NOBILIS; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS SINENSIS;

EID: 0037300712     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg009     Document Type: Article

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