Photosynthetic light-use by three bromeliads originating from shaded sites (Ananas ananassoides, Ananas comosus cv. Panare) and exposed sites (Pitcairnia pruinosa) in the medium Orinoco basin, Venezuela

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 73-79

  Keller, P ^a   Luttge U ^b  

^a Darmstadt University of Technology ^*  (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Crassulacean acid metabolism; Gas exchange

Indexed keywords

ANANAS; ANANAS ANANASSOIDES; ANANAS COMOSUS; CRASSULACEAE; PITCAIRNIA;

EID: 17044410567     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-005-3079-6     Document Type: Article

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