Chemical composition and biochemical changes in needles of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands at different stages of decline in Bulgaria

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-409

  Tzvetkova, N ^a   Hadjiivanova, Ch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Defoliation; Peroxidase; Pinus sylvestris; Scots pine; Tree decline

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COMPOSITION; PEROXIDES; PHOSPHORUS; TOXICITY;

BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES; PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY; TOXICITY TOLERANCE; TREE DECLINE;

FORESTRY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEFOLIATION; FORESTRY; PEROXIDASE; PEROXIDES; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TOXICITY;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33744471910     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0052-8     Document Type: Article

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