Increases of chlorophyll a/b ratios during acclimation of tropical woody seedlings to nitrogen limitation and high light

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 857-865

  Kitajima, Kaoru ^a   Hogan, K P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bignoniaceae; Callichlamys latifolia; Carboxylation; Fluorescence; Nitrogen allocation; Photo inhibition; Photosynthesis; Pithecoctenium crucigerum; Tabebuia guayacan; Tabebuia rosea

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOTOINHIBITION; WOODY PLANT;

BIGNONIACEAE; GUAJACUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; PITHECOCTENIUM CRUCIGERUM; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA ROSEA;

EID: 0038384503     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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