Nonstructural carbon in woody plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 667-687

  Dietze, Michael C ^a   Sala, Anna ^b   Carbone, Mariah S ^c   Czimczik, Claudia I ^d   Mantooth, Joshua A ^a   Richardson, Andrew D ^e   Vargas, Rodrigo ^f  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

allocation; growth; osmoregulation; starch; storage; sugar

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; WOOD;

CARBON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANTS; WOOD;

EID: 84897406223     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-050213-040054     Document Type: Review

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