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Photosynthesis in Wood
Author(s) -
WIEBE HERMAN H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1975.tb03162.x
Subject(s) - xylem , photosynthesis , betula pendula , botany , tilia , betula platyphylla , betulaceae , biology , chemistry , pollen
The capacity for photosynthesis, measured as light enhanced 14 CO 2 uptake, was demonstrated in the wood of first and fourth year twigs of Betula pendula Roth, Populus tremuloides Michx., Syringa vulgaris L., and Tilia Americana L, but not in Gleditschia triacanthos L. In Betula and Syringa, but not in the others, photosynthesis occurred in the secondary xylem as well as in the primary xylem.