Responses of leaf processes in a sensitive birch (Betula pendula Roth) clone to ozone combined with drought

Annals of Botany

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-59

  Paakkonen E ^a   Gunthardt Goerg M S ^b   Holopainen, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Betula pendula; Birch; Drought; Microscopy; Ozone; Sensitive clone

Indexed keywords

BIRCH; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FINLAND; OZONE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; STRESS TOLERANCE;

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 0344734117     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1998.0656     Document Type: Article

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