Relationship between shoot-rooting and root-sprouting abilities and the carbohydrate and nitrogen reserves of Mediterranean dwarf shrubs

Annals of Botany

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 865-874

  Palacio, Sara ^a,b   Maestro, Melchor ^a   Montserrat Martí, Gabriel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adventitious roots; Allocation pattern; Chamaephytes; Disturbance response; Mediterranean dwarf shrubs; Nitrogen; Non structural carbohydrates; Resprouting; Root: shoot ratio; Shoot rooting ability; Sprouting; Starch

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; RESPROUTING; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SHRUB; STARCH;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34948860055     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm185     Document Type: Article

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