Diversity of leaf traits related to productivity in 31 Populus deltoides x Populus nigra clones

Tree Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 425-435

  Marron, Nicolas ^a   Villar, Marc ^b   Dreyer, Erwin ^c   Delay, Didier ^a   Boudouresque, Eric ^a   Petit, Jean Michel ^a   Delmotte, Francis M ^a   Guehl, Jean Marc ^c   Brignolas, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^c LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope discrimination; Leaf growth; Leaf plastochron index; Poplar; Specific leaf area; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

POPULUS X CANADENSIS;

EID: 16344386482     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/25.4.425     Document Type: Article

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