Chlorophyll a fluorescence analysis along a vertical gradient of the crown in a poplar (Oxford clone) subjected to ozone and water stress

Tree Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 976-986

  Desotgiu, Rosanna ^a   Pollastrini, Martina ^a   Cascio, Chiara ^a   Gerosa, Giacomo ^b   Marzuoli, Riccardo ^b   Bussotti, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

chlorophyll a fluorescence; crown levels; JIP test; open top chambers; ozone; photosynthesis; poplar 'Oxford' clone; water stress

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CHLOROPHYLL A; DICOTYLEDON; FLUORESCENCE; LEAF; OZONE; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; WATER STRESS;

ITALY;

CHLOROPHYLL; OZONE; WATER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; ITALY; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS; TREE;

AIR POLLUTION; CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; ITALY; LIGHT; OZONE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TREES; WATER;

EID: 84865191778     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tps062     Document Type: Article

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