Altitudinal variation of morpho-physiological traits in two High-Andean plant species and its effects against the photoinhibition;Variación altitudinal de los atributos morfo-fisiológicos en dos especies de plantas alto-andinas y sus implicancias contra la fotoinhibición

Gayana - Botanica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Molina Montenegro, Marco A ^a,b,c   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Foliar angles; Los Andes; Low temperature; Photo protection; Xanthophyll cycle

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; HYDROPHYLLACEAE; PHACELIA SECUNDA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 77956476176     PISSN: 00165301     EISSN: 07176643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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