Homeostatic levels of nonstructural carbohydrates after 13 yr of drought and irrigation in Pinus sylvestris

New Phytologist

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 1314-1324

  Schönbeck, Leonie ^a,b   Gessler, Arthur ^a   Hoch, Günter ^b   McDowell, Nate G ^c   Rigling, Andreas ^a   Schaub, Marcus ^a   Li, Mai He ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

acclimation; growth; homeostasis; irrigation; nonstructural carbohydrates (NSCs); Pinus sylvestris; starch; sugar

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; GAS EXCHANGE; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEAF AREA; SOIL MOISTURE; STARCH; SUGAR; SURVIVAL;

SWITZERLAND;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STARCH;

CHEMISTRY; DROUGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; SCOTS PINE; TREE;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON ISOTOPES; DROUGHTS; HOMEOSTASIS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PLANT LEAVES; STARCH; TREES;

EID: 85051129436     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.15224     Document Type: Article

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