Wood biosynthesis and typologies: A molecular rhapsody

Tree Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 839-855

  Guerriero, Gea ^a   Sergeant, Kjell ^a   Hausman, Jean Francois ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cambial activity; Cellulose; Environmental factors; Lignin; Vascular tissue; Xylogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH REGULATOR; HORMONE; PHLOEM; PHOTOPERIOD; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TYPOLOGY; WOOD; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION; CAMBIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT STEM; TREE; WOOD; XYLEM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CAMBIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GENES, PLANT; PHLOEM; PLANT STEMS; TREES; WOOD; XYLEM;

EID: 84907809719     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpu031     Document Type: Review

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