Ontogeny strongly and differentially alters leaf economic and other key traits in three diverse Helianthus species

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4089-4099

  Mason, Chase M ^a   McGaughey, Sarah E ^a   Donovan, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Helianthus; leaf economics; leaf lifespan; leaf nitrogen; LMA; ontogeny; pH; photosynthesis; sunflower; vein density.

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARYNGEAL MASK; LEAF ECONOMICS; LEAF LIFESPAN; LEAF NITROGEN; METABOLISM; ONTOGENY; PH; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUNFLOWER; VASCULAR BUNDLE (PLANT); VEIN DENSITY.;

HELIANTHUS; LEAF ECONOMICS; LEAF LIFESPAN; LEAF NITROGEN; LMA; ONTOGENY; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUNFLOWER; VEIN DENSITY.;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; HELIANTHUS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT VASCULAR BUNDLE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84886881654     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert249     Document Type: Article

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