Defoliation effects on carbon and nitrogen substrate import and tissue-bound efflux in leaf growth zones of grasses

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 347-356

  Lattanzi, F A ^a   Schnyder, H ^a   Thornton, B ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C3 and C4 species; Growth analysis; Leaf area expansion; Leaf N content; Lolium perenne; Paspalum dilatatum; Plant C status; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEFOLIATION; GRASS; GROWTH; NITROGEN;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DILATATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 1542288760     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.2004.01147.x     Document Type: Article

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