Role of mesophyll diffusion conductance in constraining potential photosynthetic productivity in the field

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2249-2270

  Niinemets, Ülo ^a   Díaz Espejo, Antonio ^b   Flexas, Jaume ^c   Galmés, Jeroni ^c   Warren, Charles R ^d  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion limitations; Environmental stress; Plant functional types; Sclerophylls; Stomatal conductance; Structure function relationships

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; DIFFUSION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF;

BIOPHYSICAL PROCESSES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; DIFFUSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 66249138454     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp036     Document Type: Article

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