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Model sensitivity analysis suggested plants maintain optimal vertical leaf nitrogen distribution by balancing photosynthetic capacity at high and low light.

A claim from Dynamics of Vertical Leaf Nitrogen Distribution in a Vegetative Wheat Canopy. Impact on Canopy Photosynthesis · 2000

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Model sensitivity analysis suggested plants maintain optimal vertical leaf nitrogen distribution by balancing photosynthetic capacity at high and low light.

Outcome
optimal vertical leaf N distributione0
Qualifier
balancing the capacity for photosynthesis at high and low lighte0

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“Sensitivity analysis of the photosynthesis model suggested that plants maintain an optimal vertical leaf N distribution by balancing the capacity for photosynthesis at high and low light”

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“Wheat”

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Title

Dynamics of Vertical Leaf Nitrogen Distribution in a Vegetative Wheat Canopy. Impact on Canopy Photosynthesis

M Dreccer Annals of Botany 2000. doi:10.1006/anbo.2000.1244

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