Tolerance vs. avoidance: two strategies of soybean (Glycine max) seedlings in response to shade in intercropping

Photosynthetica

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 259-268

  Gong, W Z ^a,b   Jiang, C D ^c   Wu, Y S ^a,b   Chen, H H ^a,b   Liu, W Y ^a,b   Yang, W Y ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

biomass partitioning; gas exchange; leaf structure; monocropping; palisade mesophyll; stem elongation

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84929711808     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-015-0103-8     Document Type: Article

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