Agronomy and Horticulture Department
Date of this Version
1969
Abstract
The continued growth of higher green plants well supplied with water and inorganic nutrients depends primarily on (i) the accomplishment of photosynthesis in the leaves and (ii) the transport of organic compounds from the leaves to heterotrophic cells which constitute metabolic sinks.
Comments
Published in Physiological Aspects of Crop Yield: Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the University of Nebraska, the American Society of Agronomy, and the Crop Science Society of America, and held at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebr., January 20-24, 1969. Edited by Jerry D. Eastin, F. A. Haskins, C. Y. Sullivan, C. H. M. Van Bavel, and Richard C. Dinauer (Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy & Crop Science Society of America, 1969). Copyright © 1969 American Society of Agronomy & Crop Science Society of America. Used by permission.