Shoot biomass growth is related to the vertical leaf nitrogen gradient in Salix canopies

Tree Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1551-1559

  Weih, Martin ^a   Rönnberg Wästljung, Ann Christin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bio fuels; Breeding; Chlorophyll fluorescence; Nitrogen economy; SPAD; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; BREEDING; CANOPY; CHLOROPHYLL; LEAF; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN; SHOOT GROWTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

SALIX;

EID: 36749060888     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/27.11.1551     Document Type: Article

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