Resource capture, biomass allocation and growth in herbaceous plants |
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Authors: | Garnier E |
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Affiliation: | Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CNRS-Centre Louis Emberger), Route de Mende, BP 5051, 34033 Montpellier-Cedex France. |
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Abstract: | Plant species differ widely in their rate of biomass production, even when grown under optimal conditions. A key question concerns the extent to which these growth rates correlate with the uptake of carbon and nitrogen and with the biomass allocation between leaves and roots. Recent data show that the answer to this question differs for mono- and dicotyledons, and that more than biomass allocation, it is the ratio between the activities of leaves and roots that correlates with the growth rate of a plant. |
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