Plasticity in leaf-area density within the crown of Aucuba japonica growing under different light levels

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 307-316

  Ali, Md Sohrab ^a,b   Kikuzawa, Kihachiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Rajshahi Divisional Office   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Crown architecture; Crown organizational levels; Developmental plasticity; Leaf area density; Light response; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PLANT LEAF;

CORNACEAE; LIGHT; PLANT LEAVES;

AUCUBA JAPONICA; CORNACEAE;

EID: 28444472746     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-005-0222-6     Document Type: Article

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