Defense Strategies against Ozone in Trees: The Role of Nutrition

Environmental Pollution and Plant Responses

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 223-246

  Polle, Andrea ^a   Matyssek, Rainer ^b   Günthardt Goerg, Madeleine S ^c   Maurer, Stefan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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