Steady and dynamic photosynthetic responses of seedlings from contrasting successional groups under low-light growth conditions

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-95

  Chen, Jun Wen ^a,b   Zhang, Qiang ^a,c   Li, Xiao Shuang ^a   Cao, Kun Fang ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b YUNNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LIGHT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650060804     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2010.01414.x     Document Type: Article

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