Stable Isotope Studies of Crop Carbon and Water Relations: A Review

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 578-590

  ZHANG, Cong zhi ^a,b   ZHANG, Jia bao ^a   ZHAO, Bing zi ^a   ZHANG, Hui ^a,b   HUANG, Ping ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

carbon fixation; crop; review; stable isotopes; water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 65649153682     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(08)60249-7     Document Type: Article

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