A sand-fixing pioneer C3 species in sandland displays characteristics of C4 metabolism

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 123-130

  Niu, Shuli ^a   Jiang, Gaoming ^a   Wan, Shiqiang ^a   Li, Yonggeng ^a   Gao, Leiming ^a   Liu, Meizhen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Hedysarum fruticosum var. mongolicum; Photosynthetic enzymes; Photosynthetic types; Resource use efficiency; Salix gordejevii

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT COMMUNITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNSHANDAK SANDLAND; NEI MONGGOL;

HEDYSARUM FRUTICOSUM; SALIX; SALIX GORDEJEVII;

EID: 33646433063     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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