Effects of irradiance on photosynthetic characteristics and growth of Mosla chinensis and M. scabra

Photosynthetica

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-115

  Liao, J X ^a   Ge, Y ^a   Huang, C C ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Liu, Q X ^a   Chang, J ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass accumulation; Compensation and saturation irradiance; Concomitant species; Leaf area ratio; Net photosynthetic rate; Plasticity; Specific leaf area; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

MOSLA; MOSLA CHINENSIS; MOSLA SCABRA;

EID: 17844367874     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-005-1115-6     Document Type: Article

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