Not only light quality but also mechanical stimuli are involved in height convergence in crowded Chenopodium album stands

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 803-811

  Nagashima, Hisae ^a,b   Hikosaka, Kouki ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Flexing caused by wind; Height convergence; Light quality; Mechanical stimuli; Red to far red (R FR) ratio; Stem diameter growth; Stem elongation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ELEVATION; GROWTH RATE; HEIGHT; LIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT QUALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; PLANT STEM; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; BIOMECHANICS; CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; PLANT STEMS;

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM;

EID: 84864533527     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04218.x     Document Type: Article

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