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Growth Physiology: Approaches to a Spatially and Temporarily Varying Problem

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Progress in Botany

Part of the book series: Progress in Botany ((BOTANY,volume 59))

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Growing regions are characterized by a high demand for energy and substances. This makes them very susceptible to variations in substance and energy supply, in the short term. In the long term, the distribution and intensity of growth determines the habitus and morphology of a plant and therefore the capacity to acquire nutrients and energy. These features cannot be changed rapidly and the plant has to manage with its habitus even under unfavourable conditions. For example, high nutrient availability favours a high shoot-root ratio, which makes plants more sensitive to drought stress (Schurr and Schulze 1996). Therefore, analysis of growth is paramount to understand the plant’s performance in a variable environment.

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  1. Botanisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Dr. Ulrich Schurr

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  1. Zellenlehre, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, D-69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    H.-D. Behnke

  2. Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Botanik, Ruhr Universität, D-44780, Bochum, Germany

    K. Esser

  3. Institut für Spezielle Botanik und Botanischer Garten, Universität Mainz, Saarstraße 21, D-55099, Mainz, Germany

    J. W. Kadereit

  4. Institut für Botanik, FB Biologie (10), TH Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3-5, D-64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    U. Lüttge

  5. Lehrstuhl für Geobotanik, Systematisch-Geobotanisches Institut der Universität, Untere Karsüle 2, D-37073, Götingen, Germany

    M. Runge

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Schurr, U. (1998). Growth Physiology: Approaches to a Spatially and Temporarily Varying Problem. In: Behnke, HD., Esser, K., Kadereit, J.W., Lüttge, U., Runge, M. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany, vol 59. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80446-5_13

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