Sexual differences in photosynthetic activity, ultrastructure and phytoremediation potential of Populus cathayana exposed to lead and drought

Tree Physiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1043-1060

  Han, Ying ^a,b,c   Wang, Ling ^a   Zhang, Xiaolu ^b   Korpelainen, Helena ^d   Li, Chunyang ^b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Lead stress; Poplar

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; DICOTYLEDON; DIOECY; DROUGHT; FIELD CAPACITY; LEAD; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TOLERANCE; TRANSLOCATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CHINA;

LEAD; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIOECY; DROUGHT; DRUG EFFECT; FLOWER; LEAD STRESS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULUS; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DIOECY; LEAD STRESS; POPLAR;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CHINA; DROUGHTS; FLOWERS; LEAD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULUS; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WATER;

EID: 84898661631     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpt086     Document Type: Article

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