Photoprotective carotenoids and antioxidants are more affected by canopy position than by nitrogen supply in 21-year-old Pinus radiata

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 470-482

  Posch, Sabine ^a,b   Warren, Charles R ^c   Adams, Mark A ^d   Guttenberger, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

; tocopherol; Ascorbic acid; Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Chloroplast pigments; Gas exchange; Glutathione

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHLOROPHYLL; FERTILIZERS; HARVESTING; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PORPHYRINS;

-TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CANOPY HEIGHTS; CANOPY POSITION; CHLOROPHYLL A FLUORESCENCE; CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE; CHLOROPLAST PIGMENTS; FERTILISER; GAS EXCHANGE; GLUTATHIONE; IN TREES; IN-CONTROL; LIGHT HARVESTING; NEOXANTHIN; NITROGEN SUPPLY; PHOTO PROTECTION; PINUS RADIATA; UPPER CANOPY;

FORESTRY;

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; CONIFEROUS TREE; GAS EXCHANGE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN; PHOTOPROTECTION; VITAMIN;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLLS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PIGMENT; PLANTS;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 49149126208     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP08124     Document Type: Article

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