Thermotolerance of photosystem 2 of three alpine plant species under field conditions

Photosynthetica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 587-595

  Braun, V ^a   Buchner, O ^a   Neuner, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heat stress; High temperature; Loiseleuria procumbens; Photoinhibition; Rhododendron ferrugineum; Soldanella pusilla; Thermostability

Indexed keywords

KALMIA; KALMIA PROCUMBENS; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM; SOLDANELLA; SOLDANELLA PUSILLA;

EID: 0038325529     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024312304995     Document Type: Article

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