Feed-forward effects on the photosynthetic source-sink balance in single-rooted leaves of sweet potato

Plant Production Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-91

  Sawada, Shinichi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ipomoea batatas lam; Net assimilation rate; Photosynthetic activity; Photosynthetic feed forward effects; Single rooted leaf; Source sink model plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002800140     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.2.87     Document Type: Article

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