Leaf morphological and physiological responses to drought and shade in two Populus cathayana populations

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 588-592

  Huang, X ^a,b   Xiao, X ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Korpelainen, H ^c   Li, C ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antioxidative enzymes; Leaf area and thickness; Net photosynthetic rate; Nitrogen use efficiency; Proline

Indexed keywords

POPULUS CATHAYANA;

EID: 70549106282     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-009-0107-y     Document Type: Article

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