'And then there were three': Highly efficient uptake of potassium by foliar trichomes of epiphytic bromeliads

Annals of Botany

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 421-427

  Winkler, Uwe ^a   Zotz, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Epiphytic bromeliads; luxury consumption; plant nutrition; potassium uptake; Vriesea splenriet

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EPIPHYTE; LEAF; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POTASSIUM; RUBIDIUM; STEMFLOW; TRICHOME;

ARTICLE; BROMELIACEAE; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF;

BROMELIACEAE; PLANT LEAVES; POTASSIUM;

VRIESEA;

EID: 77956045825     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq120     Document Type: Article

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