Tea plant (Camellia sinensis L.) roots secrete oxalic acid and caffeine into medium containing aluminum

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 796-802

  Morita, Akio ^a   Yanagisawa, Osamu ^a   Maeda, Setsuko ^a   Takatsu, Satoshi ^a   Ikka, Takashi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Caffeine; Oxalate; Roots; Tea plant

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84855604499     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2011.629176     Document Type: Article

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