Allocation of biomass and photoassimilates in juvenile plants of six Patagonian species in response to five water supply regimes

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-307

  Cella Pizarro, Lucrecia ^a   Bisigato, Alejandro J ^a,b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

allocation; Bougainvillea spinosa; Chuquiraga erinacea; Drought; Grindelia chiloensis; growth defence trade offs; Jarava speciosa; Larrea divaricata; nitrogen; phenolics; Prosopis alpataco; total non structural carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CARBOHYDRATE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; NITROGEN; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SHRUB; TRADE-OFF; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DROUGHT; GRINDELIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARREA; METABOLISM; NYCTAGINACEAE; PROSOPIS; SEEDLING;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; DROUGHTS; GRINDELIA; LARREA; NITROGEN; NYCTAGINACEAE; PHENOLS; PROSOPIS; SEEDLING;

BOUGAINVILLEA SPINOSA; CHUQUIRAGA ERINACEA; GRINDELIA; GRINDELIA CHILOENSIS; JARAVA; LARREA; LARREA DIVARICATA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS ALPATACO;

EID: 77955068401     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq109     Document Type: Article

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