Effects of ultraviolet‐B radiation on leaf elongation, production and phenylpropanoid concentrations of Deschampsia antarctica and Colobanthus quitensis in Antarctica

• Published in: Physiologia Plantarum
• Main Authors: Ruhland, Christopher T., Day, Thomas A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2000
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1034/j.1399-3054.2000.100304.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1034%2Fj.1399-3054.2000.100304.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1034/j.1399-3054.2000.100304.x

Stratospheric ozone depletion by anthropogenic chlorofluorocarbons has lead to increases in ultraviolet‐B radiation (UV‐B; 280–320 nm) along the Antarctic Peninsula during the austral spring. We manipulated UV‐B levels around plants of Antarctic hair grass ( Deschampsia antarctica; Poaceae) and Anta...