Different growth sensitivity to enhanced UV-B radiation between male and female Populus cathayana

Tree Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1489-1498

  Xu, Xiao ^a,b   Zhao, Hongxia ^a   Zhang, Xiaolu ^a   Hänninen, Heikki ^c   Korpelainen, Helena ^c   Li, Chunyang ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

antioxidant enzymes; biomass accumulation; chlorophyll fluorescence; chlorophyll pigments; gas exchange; UV B absorbing compounds; water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; WATER;

CHLOROPHYLL; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIOECY; DRY MATTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOMASS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSCISIC ACID; BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POPULUS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER;

POPULUS CATHAYANA;

EID: 78649539958     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpq094     Document Type: Article

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