Physiological mechanism of population differentiation in shade-avoidance responses between woodland and clearing genotypes of Impatiens capensis

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 868-874

  Von Wettberg, Eric J ^a   Schmitt, Johanna ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Ecotypic differentiation; High irradiance response; Light emitting diodes; Nicotiana; Phytochrome; Plasticity; Shade avoidance syndrome

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; ECOTYPE; LIGHT QUALITY; SHADING;

ARABIDOPSIS; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS CAPENSIS; NICOTIANA;

EID: 18244410130     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.5.868     Document Type: Article

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