The continuous incorporation of carbon into existing Sassafras albidum fine roots and its implications for estimating root turnover

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Adams, Thomas S ^a   Eissenstat, David M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; PHOTOSYNTHATE; PLANT AGE; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT ROOT; ROOT MORPHOLOGY; ROOT TURNOVER; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOTS; SASSAFRAS;

EID: 84900407815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095321     Document Type: Article

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