Branch and root formation in Trifolium repens is influenced by the light environment of unfolded leaves

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 499-504

  Lotscher M ^a,b   Nosberger J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axillary bud; Light perception; Nodal root; Red:far red ratio; Trifolium repens

Indexed keywords

BRANCH FORMATION; LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; ROOT FORMATION;

FABACEAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 1842375711     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050263     Document Type: Article

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