Spatial heterogeneity of light penetration through periderm and lenticels and concomitant patchy acclimation of corticular photosynthesis

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-414

  Manetas, Yiannis ^a   Pfanz, Hardy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticular photosynthesis; Fluorescence images; Lenticels; Peridermal light transmittance; Trees

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); QUENCHING; TISSUE;

CORTICULAR AREAS; LENTICELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHOTOINHIBITION;

FORESTRY;

CHLOROPHYLLS; FLUORESCENCE; FORESTRY; PERIDERM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS; QUENCHING;

EID: 21444445048     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-004-0399-7     Document Type: Article

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