Carbon autonomy of peach shoots determined by 13C- photoassimilate transport

Tree Physiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1805-1812

  Volpe, Giorgio ^a   Lo Bianco, Riccardo ^a   Rieger, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch girdling; Carbon dioxide; Fruit sink; Isotope tracing; Leaf area; Prunus persica; Source sink balance

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FRUITING; SHOOT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

PRUNUS; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 57149095075     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/28.12.1805     Document Type: Article

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