Green plastids, maximal PSII photochemical efficiency and starch content of inner stem tissues of three Mediterranean woody species during the year

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-357

  Rentzou, Anny ^a   Psaras, George K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll fluorescence; Epi fluorescence microscopy; Mediterranean species; Non foliar photosynthesis; Starch content; Wood photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; DECIDUOUS TREE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; STARCH; WOOD;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ACANTHOTHAMNOS; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; PLATANUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 43049167497     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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