Deciphering the developmental plasticity of walnut saplings in relation to climatic factors and light environment

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5283-5296

  Taugourdeau, Olivier ^a   Chaubert Pereira, Florence ^b   Sabatier, Sylvie ^a   Guédon, Yann ^b  

^a UMR AMAP   (France)

^b UMR AGAP   (France)

Author keywords

Growth components; Juglans regia L.; linear mixed model; Markov switching model; ontogeny; plant architecture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; PROBABILITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WALNUT;

CLIMATE; JUGLANS; LIGHT; MARKOV CHAINS;

EID: 82255183901     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err115     Document Type: Article

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