Whole-plant versus leaf-level regulation of photosynthetic responses after partial defoliation in Eucalyptus globulus saplings

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1625-1636

  Eyles, Alieta ^a,b   Pinkard, Elizabeth A ^a,b,c   Davies, Noel W ^d   Corkrey, Ross ^b   Churchill, Keith ^a,c   O'Grady, Anthony P ^a,b,c   Sands, Peter ^e   Mohammed, Caroline ^b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; carbon limitation; defoliation; leaf water potential; photosynthesis; plant hydraulic conductance.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876035048     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert017     Document Type: Article

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