Annual changes in the concentration of minerals and organic compounds of Quercus suber leaves

• Published in: Physiologia plantarum Vol. 127; no. 1; pp. 100 - 110
• Main Authors: Passarinho, José A. P., Lamosa, Pedro, Baeta, José P., Santos, Helena, Ricardo, Cândido P. P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK; Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2006; Blackwell
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Biological and medical sciences; Economic plant physiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Mineral nutrition; Nutrition. Photosynthesis. Respiration. Metabolism; Climate; Cyclitol; Seasonal variation; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Plant leaf; Quercus suber; Fagaceae; Survival; Stress; Organic compounds

Mature leaves are the primary source of sugars, which give rise to many secondary metabolites required for plant survival under adverse conditions. In order to study the interaction of field‐grown cork oak (Quercus suber L.) with the environment, we investigated the seasonal variation of minerals an...