Changes in the responses to light quality during ontogeny in Chenopodium album

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-163

  Causin, Humberto Fabio ^a   Wulff, Renata D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chenopodium album; Fitness; Intraspecific variability; Phenotypic plasticity; Red to far red ratio; Shade avoidance responses

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FRUITS; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTICITY; VEGETATION;

LIGHT TREATMENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGHT QUALITY; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANATOMY; BIOMASS; FRUITS; LIGHT; ONTOGENY; PLANTS; PLASTICITY;

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038532565     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b03-012     Document Type: Article

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