Long-Lived Trees Are Not Immortal.

Separating out the different effects of ageing on long-lived trees remains challenging. Herein current approaches used to explore senescence in millennial trees are highlighted. Molecular and biochemical analyses of the vascular cambium provide novel insight into the extent to which millennial trees can withstand the wear and tear of ageing.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Trends in Plant Science

• Publication date

  2020-06-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.06.006PMID 32732116
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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