Trade-offs in phenolic metabolism of silver birch: Effects of fertilization, defoliation, and genotype

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1970-1986

  Keinänen, Markku ^a,e   Julkunen Tiitto, Riitta ^a   Mutikainen, Pia ^b,c   Walls, Mari ^b   Ovaska, Jari ^b,d   Vapaavuori, Elina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Carbon nutrient balance; Clonal variation; Defoliation; Fertilization; Flavonoids; Induced defense; Phenolic compounds; Plant herbivore interaction; Secondary metabolism; Tannins

Indexed keywords

3 CINNAMOYLQUINIC ACID; 3,4' DIHYDROXYPROPIOPHENONE 3 GLUCOSIDE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CATECHIN; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CLONE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEFOLIATION; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; FERTILIZATION; FLAVONE AGLYCONE; FLAVONOID; GENOTYPE; HERBIVORY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALONYL COENZYME A; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT METABOLISM; RESIN;

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DEFOLIATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENOTYPE; PHENOL; PLANT DEFENSE;

BETULA PENDULA; PENDULA;

EID: 0343161756     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1970:TOIPMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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