Growth towards light as an adaptation to high light conditions in Chara branches

New Phytologist

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-91

  Schneider, Susanne ^a   Ziegler, Carmen ^a   Melzer, Arnulf ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chara; Charophytes; Growth; Irradiance; Light; Macrophytes; Morphology; Phototropism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHAROPHYTE; GROWTH; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PIGMENT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CHARA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHOTOTROPISM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHARA; LIGHT; PHOTOTROPISM;

CHARA; CHARALES;

EID: 33747607457     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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