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Specific leaf weight and photosynthetic rate in sugar beet leaves of different age

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No proportional changes in the photosynthetic rate,P, (measured as the dry weight increments in leaf discs) as related to the specific leaf weight,SLW (i.e. leaf dry weight per unit leaf area) were found because of different variation inP andSLW, respectively, with the age and insertion level of individual sugar beet leaves as well as with the age of the whole plant.

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    Danuše Hodáňová

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Hodáňová, D. Specific leaf weight and photosynthetic rate in sugar beet leaves of different age. Biol Plant 17, 314–317 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02921228

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