Effects of partial defoliation on carbon and nitrogen partitioning and photosynthetic carbon uptake by two-year-old cork oak (Quercus suber) saplings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-90

  Cerasoli, S ^a,b   Scartazza, A ^c   Brugnoli, E ^c   Chaves, M M ^b   Pereira, J S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

15N labeling; Defoliation; Nitrogen remobilization; Starch

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEFOLIATION; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SAPLING;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 1642532394     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/24.1.83     Document Type: Article

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