Infestation and hydraulic consequences of induced carbon starvation

Plant Physiology

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1866-1874

  Anderegg, William R L ^a,b   Callaway, Elizabeth S ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84864643994     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.198424     Document Type: Article

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