Effects of Light and Nutrients on Leaf Size, CO2 Exchange, and Anatomy in Wild Strawberry (Fragaria virginiana)
Open Access
- 1 October 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 70 (4) , 1044-1048
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.70.4.1044
Abstract
Plants of a single genotype of wild strawberry, Fragaria virginiana Duchesne, were grown with or without fertilizer in high (406 microeinsteins per square meter per second) and low (80 microeinsteins per square meter per second) light. High-light leaves were thicker than low-light leaves and had greater development of the mesophyll. Within a light level, high-nutrient leaves were thicker, but the proportions of leaf tissues did not change with nutrient level. Maximum net CO2 exchange rate and leaf size were greatest in high-light, high-nutrient leaves and lowest in high-light, low-nutrient leaves. Changes in mesophyll cell volume largely accounted for differences in CO2 exchange rate in low-light leaves, but not in high-light leaves.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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