Variation in birch (Betula pendula) shoot secondary chemistry due to genotype, environment, and ontogeny

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 697-717

  Laitinen, Marja Leena ^a   Julkunen Tiitto, Riitta ^a   Tahvanainen, Jorma ^a   Heinonen, Jaakko ^b   Rousi, Matti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birch; Clonal plantlets; Clonal repeatability; Condensed tannins; Flavonoids; Intraspecific variation; Natural population; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE;

INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ONTOGENY; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PLANT;

BETULA; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; PHENOLS; PLANT SHOOTS; TRITERPENES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 21144454962     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-3539-7     Document Type: Article

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