Needle cytokinin content as a sensitive bioindicator of N pollution in Sitka spruce

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1929-1939

  Collier, M D ^a,c   Sheppard, L J ^b   Crossley, A ^b   Hanke, D E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; Cytokinin; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Forest decline; Nitrogen; Pollution; Sitka spruce; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOINDICATOR; CONIFEROUS TREE; NITROGEN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS;

EID: 0347664177     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2003.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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