Inducing condensed tannin production in Colophospermum mopane: Absence of response to soil N and P fertility and physical damage

Plant and Soil

Volumn 273, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 203-209

  Ferwerda, Jelle G ^a   Van Wieren, Sipke E ^b   Skidmore, Andrew K ^a   Prins, Herbert H T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colophospermum mopane; Condensed tannin; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Physical damage

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TANNIN;

COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE;

EID: 21244462015     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-004-7538-1     Document Type: Article

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