Photosynthetic characteristics of olive tree (Olea europaea) bark

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 977-984

  Filippou, Manolis ^a   Fasseas, Costas ^a   Karabourniotis, George ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bark age; Bark photosynthesis; Corticular photosynthesis; Intrinsic fluorescence; Photosynthetic pigments

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; AGE; BARK; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPENSATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 34547756960     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.7.977     Document Type: Article

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