Seasonal changes in photosynthesis, nitrogen content and nitrogen partitioning in Lindera umbellata leaves grown in high or low irradiance

Tree Physiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1315-1323

  Yasumura, Yuko ^a,b   Hikosaka, Kouki ^a   Hirose, Tadaki ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Dead leaf; Leaf mass per area; Leaf senescence; Metabolic protein; Nitrogen resorption; Rubisco; Structural protein

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRADIANCE; LEAF; LIGHT INTENSITY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENESCENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

LINDERA; LINDERA UMBELLATA;

EID: 33750741954     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/26.10.1315     Document Type: Article

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