Analyzing the significance of defoliation in growth, photosynthetic compensation and source-sink relations

Photosynthetica

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-170

  Iqbal, N ^a   Masood, A ^a   Khan, N A ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

carbon; defoliation; nitrogen; photosynthetic potential; sink; source

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862130285     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-012-0029-3     Document Type: Review

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