Solar UV-B effects on PSII performance in Betula nana are influenced by PAR level and reduced by EDU: Results of a 3-year experiment in the High Arctic

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 485-500

  Albert, Kristian R ^a   Mikkelsen, Teis N ^a   Ro Poulsen, Helge ^b   Arndal, Marie F ^b   Boesgaard, Kristine ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^b   Bruhn, Dan ^a   Schmidt, Niels M ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL A; ETHYLENE DIUREA;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCTIC REGIONS; BETULA; CHLOROPHYLL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT LEAVES; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BETULA NANA;

EID: 84861929687     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01596.x     Document Type: Article

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