Carbon translocation patterns associated with new root proliferation during episodic growth of transplanted Quercus rubra seedlings

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1121-1126

  Sloan, Joshua L ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate reserves; Carbon allocation; Quercus morphological index; Root growth

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBON; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; ROOTING; SEEDLING; TRANSLOCATION;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 48249104790     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.7.1121     Document Type: Conference Paper

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