Diffusional limitations explain the lower photosynthetic capacity of ferns as compared with angiosperms in a common garden study

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 448-460

  Carriqui M ^a   Cabrera, H M ^b   Conesa, M A ^a   Coopman, R E ^c   Douthe, C ^a   Gago, J ^d   Galle A ^e   Galmes J ^a   Ribas Carbo, M ^a   Tomas M ^a   Flexas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE ECOLOGÍA APLICADA LTDA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^e Bayer Cropscience Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Leaf anatomy; Photosynthesis; Pteridophytes

Indexed keywords

FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERN; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STOMA;

ANGIOSPERMS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPLASTS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FERNS; MESOPHYLL CELLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STOMATA; WATER;

EID: 84922744967     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12402     Document Type: Article

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