Relationships between optically assessed polyphenols and chlorophyll contents, and leaf mass per area ratio in woody plants: A signature of the carbon-nitrogen balance within leaves?

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1338-1348

  Meyer, S ^a   Cerovic, Z G ^a   Goulas, Y ^b   Montpied, P ^c   Demotes Mainard, S ^d   Bidel, L P R ^d   Moya, I ^b   Dreyer, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c LERFoB   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Acclimation to light; Chlorophyll; Dualex; Epidermal polyphenols; Leaf; LMA; Nitrogen; Phenylpropanoids; SPAD

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL; LEAF AREA; NITROGEN; PLANT; PROTEIN; SAPLING; WOOD;

FAGUS;

EID: 33744958056     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01514.x     Document Type: Article

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