Model of the influence of temperature on the elongation rate of Asparagus spears

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 479, Issue , 1999, Pages 297-304

  Wilson, D R ^a   Cloughley, C G ^a   Sinton, S M ^a  

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

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ASPARAGUS;

EID: 0012917908     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.479.41     Document Type: Article

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