Photosynthetic pigments, chloroplast distribution and fine structure in vegetative buds of two spruce species

Biologia - Section Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 867-873

  Lepeduš, Hrvoje ^a   Cesar, Vera ^a   Ljubešić, Nikola ^b   Has Schön, Elizabeta ^a  

^a JOSIP JURAJ STROSSMAYER UNIVERSITY OF OSIJEK   (Croatia)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; P. abies; P. pungens; Vegetative buds

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PICEA;

EID: 0242541289     PISSN: 13356372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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