Temperature and light influence growth and flower production in Heliconia 'Golden Torch'

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-217

  Catley, Jocelyn L ^a   Brooking, Ian R ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Heliconia; Inflorescence; Photosynthetic photon flux

Indexed keywords

HELICONIA; HELICONIA PSITTACORUM;

EID: 0000306344     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.2.213     Document Type: Article

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