Seasonal changes in starch and sugar content of poplar (Populus deltoides × nigra cv. Dorskamp) and the impact of stem girdling on carbohydrate allocation to roots

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 979-987

  Regier, Nicole ^a   Streb, Sebastian ^b   Zeeman, Samuel C ^b   Frey, Beat ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

carbohydrate allocation and storage; depletion; disturbance; root reserves; starch

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; NITROGEN; STARCH;

BUDBURST; DECIDUOUS TREE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARCH; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEASON; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBOHYDRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; POPULUS; SEASONS; STARCH; TIME FACTORS;

POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 77955064989     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq047     Document Type: Article

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