Leaf angle responds to nitrogen supply in eucalypt seedlings. Is it a photoprotective mechanism?

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 743-748

  Close, Dugald C ^a,b,c   Beadle, Christopher L ^a,d  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Production Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c BOTANIC GARDENS AND PARKS AUTHORITY   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Heliotropic; Low temperature; Photochemical efficiency; Photoinhibition; Seasonal; Sustained xanthophyll engagement

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CHLOROPHYLL; CORRELATION; EVERGREEN TREE; LEAF; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOPROTECTION; SEEDLING;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS;

EID: 33745697681     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.6.743     Document Type: Article

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