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The relationship between starch content in rhizomes of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. and trophic conditions of habitat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

P. Kubin ,
A. Melzer  and
H. Čižkova
P. Kubin
Affiliation:
Department of Plant Physiology, Charles University Prague, Viničná 5, CZ-12844 Praha 2, Czech Republic
A. Melzer
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Technical University Munich, Arcisstraße 21, D-80333 München 2, Germany
H. Čižkova
Affiliation:
Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dukelská 145, CZ-37982 Trebon, Czech Republic
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Synopsis

The hypothesis of reed decline being a consequence of eutrophication has been proved. Rhizomes of P. australis from two habitats differing in nutrient availability were collected during one year. In the nutrient-poor habitat, less aboveground biomass and greater starch reserves were formed in comparison with the nutrient-rich one. In the stand with a high nutrient availability, a decrease in starch content was observed in horizontal rhizomes during autumn.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 102: Oxygen and Environmental Stress in Plants , 1994 , pp. 433 - 438
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1994

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