Boron deficiency and concentrations and composition of phenolic compounds in Olea europaea leaves: A combined growth chamber and field study

Tree Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-315

  Liakopoulos, Georgios ^a   Karabourniotis, George ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon nutrient balance hypothesis; Flavonoids; Growth conditions; Leaf; Olive tree; Plant stress; Trichome

Indexed keywords

BORON; GROWTH; LEAF; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHENOLIC COMPOUND;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 16244366843     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/25.3.307     Document Type: Article

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